By Stephen Shankland, 17 July 2009 10:37
NEWS
Mozilla updated Firefox to version 3.5.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux on Thursday, fixing a security problem, improving stability, and speeding launch time on some Windows systems, according to the release notes.
"We strongly recommend that all Firefox 3.5 users upgrade to this latest release," browser director Mike Beltzner said in a blog post Thursday.
Roughly two weeks after the debut of Firefox 3.5, a vulnerability in the browser's JavaScript engine came to light. Mozilla rated it "critical" because an attacker could create a website that would run malicious code on the computer.
The new version can be installed from Mozilla's download site or by selecting Check for Updates in the Help menu. Unfortunately, when I did so, the Firefox warned me that the newly updated Gears 0.5.29.0 plug-in from Google becomes incompatible again.
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