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    Default FireFox - Security Hole

    Quote Originally Posted by Spamblogging
    May 08, 2005
    Quote Originally Posted by Spamblogging

    FireFox security hole

    There is currently a security hole in FireFox which allows a page to install and run code on your machine. This page shows an example of it working (or not working, depending on your outlook towards such things) - note that it exploits the hole. That page doesn't appear to do anything destructive, but if you don't even want to see the security hole in action - don't bother going there.

    If you want to correct this, then you can go to Options -> Web features and uncheck "Allow web sites to install software" in FireFox. Or you can install the latest nightly build - or wait for the next update.

    I don't know if this applies to all platforms or just Windows.
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    Default Re: FireFox - Security Hole

    Yikes! Thanks, Mojo!!

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    Default Re: FireFox - Security Hole

    thanx for telling us!
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    Default Re: FireFox - Security Hole

    Thanks for the warning!!


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