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    Firefox 3 Vulnerability Found

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Silas Awaketh, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    ROFL!

    P.S - 2,000,000 billion downloads.
     
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    Silas Awaketh, Jun 19, 2008
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  2. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    lol this sounds a lot like the "MacBook Air hacked in 2 minutes" from the Pwn 2 Own competition. At least Firefox 3 runs well on the P3 box in my sig :)

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Jun 19, 2008
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  3. Deifiic

    Deifiic Notebook Guru

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    2 million billion downloads?! :p
     
    Deifiic, Jun 19, 2008
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  4. mystery905

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    Apparently, this vulnerability exists in version 2.0 as well, so it's not inherent to 3.0
     
    mystery905, Jun 19, 2008
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  5. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    He could have hacked any laptop but he wanted MBA as the prize...thats another way of looking at it.



    Btw one of our fellow member had mentioned beforehand that FF3 d/l day will cripple their site.
     
    Nocturnal310, Jun 19, 2008
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  6. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think these companies should just give up on security. No matter what they do somebody somewhere can break in. All this security stuff is just adding a ton of bloat to everything....
     
    The Fire Snake, Jun 19, 2008
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  7. sandesign

    sandesign Notebook Consultant

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    I'm staying with IE7 on Vista (with protected mode and IE7 Pro) and with Opera 9.5 in XP (best browser ever). ;)

    I don't use Firefox since version 1.5. V. 2 sucked....
     
    sandesign, Jun 19, 2008
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  8. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Would you mind giving me your cc numbers and ssn? Since you don't care about security you probably don't care if I use those to buy a car do you? :rolleyes:
     
    Ayle, Jun 19, 2008
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  9. Wirelessman

    Wirelessman Monkeymod

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    I have his numbers and YOURS if you need them Ayle :D
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 19, 2008
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  10. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    My condoleances.
    That`s why monkeys aren`t to be trusted with computers :D
     
    eleron911, Jun 19, 2008
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  11. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    Theres vulnerabilities in virtually ALL software. Only way to be 100% safe is to unplug your computer from the internet :D
     
    Harper2.0, Jun 19, 2008
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