Germany warns against use of Firefox browser due to security issues

Germany warns against use of Firefox browser due to security issues(news.bbc.co.uk)

10 points by wallop 16 years ago | 5 comments

ronnier 16 years ago |

I recommend removing the Adobe Acrobat plugin from FireFox. Just last night while visiting a trusted site, it tried to launch an exploited Adobe Acrobat file. The file was served from a 3rd party ad site that had been hacked. Dangerous.

colonelxc 16 years ago | |

Very good advice. Also, if you do use adobe, make sure you are fully updated (9.3.1). The 9.3.0 libtiff exploit is available via metasploit:

http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat...

Adobe themselves also need to update, since if you go download from their website, they'll give you 9.3.0:

http://ardownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/9.x/9.3/enu...

jonny_noog 16 years ago |

Firefox was not immediately available for comment.

... Hopefully the non-sentient Internet browser will have something to say for its self a bit later on.

ugh 16 years ago |

A government office which warns when widely used browsers have vulnerabilities – good idea or bad idea? I’m not really all that sure about that.

(But here’s a idea for you: find a way to keep the 4+ browsers I have installed in sync so that I can switch at a moments notice without any problems.)

__bjoernd 16 years ago | |

http://www.xmarks.com/ comes in quite handy for this purpose. No Opera support, though. :/