Firefox 1.0.4 Update

Published on May 11, 2005 By Island Dog In Personal Computing

They have updated Firefox to fix some security issues.

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Comments

Tarkus

on May 11, 2005

I thought only IE had security issues.

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thomassen

on May 11, 2005

It's beta release candiate. I'll wait for the final one. Don't think it will be too long.

PurrBall

on May 11, 2005

yes, the update icon hasnt appeared yet.

kona0197

on May 11, 2005

I thought only IE had security issues.

That's a common misconception. Much like the thought that IE is a virus magnet or a gateway for ad-ware and spyware.

I have yet to get a virus while using IE while employing a good virus scanner. Monthly ad-ware and spyware scans usually yeild no more than 2 or 3 entries.

Tarkus

on May 11, 2005

I have yet to get a virus while using IE while employing a good virus scanner.

I've yet to get one and I don't use a real-time virus scanner. But I do practice safe hex. If you use the security features built into IE, keep up with any patches, and aren't careless on the web, it's quite safe.

yrag

on May 11, 2005

Official Release

liquidguru

on May 11, 2005

does anyone know if the 'official' release is any different to the 1.0.4RC release from earlier today?

yrag

on May 11, 2005

Yes

Double Zero

on May 11, 2005

Thanx Island and Yrag for keeping those of us informed that prefer FF... It's awesome to read the news here and not have to keep checking the site myself!

Thanx a bunch!,
Zero.

WebGizmos

on May 12, 2005

Which one of those are we downloading Yrag?

Island Dog

on May 12, 2005

Here is another updated link.

Link

tjesterb

on May 12, 2005

Just out of curiosity, why was it so important to uninstall before upgrade installs with the pre-1.0 releases, but now you can upgrade on-the-fly?

Not that I'm complaining, but I got so used to doing the ininstall when upgrading, that I wonder how they were able to add the live upgrade feature.

Bichur

on May 12, 2005

My icon turned red! My icon turned red!

Oh,wait, now I remember...

Thanks for the early warning Island Dog.

Mighta freaked without it.

iTZKooPA

on May 13, 2005

IE, unlike Firefox, is defaultly open to getting adware/spyware and other nasty things, while Firefox turns those dangerous features off or simply doesn't have them (ActiveX Controls for instance). Thats basically why the who "misconception" started, and why it is somewhat true.

Tarkus

on May 13, 2005

I don't believe that's true of IE anymore. I believe it now defaults to a reasonably safe configuration, though arguably still not safe enough. I still say the vast majority of problems are user error, however.

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