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About Firefox

Mozilla Firefox (abbreviated officially as Fx, but also unofficially as FF) is a web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite, managed by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had about 15% of the recorded usage share of Web browsers as of January 2008 making Firefox the second-most popular browser in current use worldwide after Internet Explorer. Firefox has been considered a "rival" to Internet Explorer.

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Firefox uses the open-source Gecko layout engine, which implements some current Web standards plus a few features which are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

Firefox includes tabbed browsing, a spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarking, a download manager, and a search system that uses Google. Functions can be added through more than 2,000 add-ons created by third party developers; the most popular include NoScript (script blocker), FoxyTunes (controls music players), Adblock Plus (ad blocker), StumbleUpon (website discovery), DownThemAll! (download functions) and Web Developer (web tools).

Firefox runs on various versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and many other Unix-like operating systems. Its current stable release is version 2.0.0.12, released on February 7, 2008. Firefox's source code is free software, released under a tri-license GPL/LGPL/MPL.

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  2. Inconsistent browser security highlighted

    Explore Article shopsafe.co.uk (Aug 10 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    ... potentially vulnerable functionalities. Experiments were carried out on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple's Safari and Google Chrome by academics at Stanford University in the US. They concluded tha... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Firefox   Apple   Mozilla Firefox

  3. Apple Releases Safari 5.0.1 and Safari 4.1.1

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jul 28 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...try and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.6.8 to address a critical vulnerability. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbi... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Firefox   Apple   Oracle

  4. Microsoft Windows LNK Vulnerability

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jul 16 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    ...rd and SeaMonkey. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the security advisories for Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 3.5 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Firefox   iOS   Microsoft Windows

  5. Adobe Releases Update for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 29 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...bat June 25 Google Releases Chrome 5.0.375.86 June 23 Apple Releases iOS 4 June 23 Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6.4 June 17 Apple Releases iTunes 9.2 June 16 Apple Releases Security Update 2010-004 and Mac OS ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iOS   Adobe   Mac

  6. Google Releases Chrome 5.0.375.86

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 25 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...rd and SeaMonkey. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the security advisories for Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 3.5 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. Google has released Chrome 5.0.375.... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   iOS   Mac

  7. New cyber attack, all browsers vulnerable: open tabs lead you to identity theft

    Explore Article Ecommerce Journal (May 27 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    This week a Firefox creative lead Aza Raskin reported a new form of attack dubbed “tabnapping” that allows hackers to e... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mac OS   Firefox

  8. Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for Java SE and Java for Business

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Mar 31 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ...RT will provide additional information as it becomes available. The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.6.2 to address multiple security issues, including a critical vulnerability that may allow a remo... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Security Bulletin Advance Notification   Oracle   Microsoft Security Advisory

  9. Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Mar 12 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ... Mozilla Foundation has released multiple security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthentica... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft Windows and Office   Firefox   Safari

  10. Bank of America Impersonator?

    Explore Article Tech 4 Thought (Mar 3 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    ...ed to pay some bills online. As I logged out of the site, I received a terrifying notification from Firefox. This site is not trusted, and may be an “impersonator” of Bank of America. Are you kidding? Not ok... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Identity Force   Identity Protection   Bank of America

  11. Adobe Releases a Security Update for Download Manager

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Feb 24 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ... Mozilla Foundation has released multiple security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthentica... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Oracle   Mozilla Foundation   Mozilla Firefox

  12. Mozilla Releases Security Advisories

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Feb 18 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    ... Mozilla Foundation has released multiple security advisories to address vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote, unauthentica... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reader   Adobe AIR   Mozilla Foundation

  13. Adobe to be Prime Target for Malware in 2010

    Explore Article news.yahoo.com (Dec 30 2009) Consumer , Corporate , Compliance , ID Theft Prevention

    ...ish in the pool with the most targets. However, is creeping up in operating system market share and Firefox and Chrome are nibbling away at the , making them more attractive targets for attack as well. and A... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   URL   Microsoft   Adobe

  14. Safer online shopping: eight tips

    Explore Article PC World (Dec 2 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    ...t's worth noting that Internet Explorer has been losing market share throughout 2009, and Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari and Google's browser Chrome all have security features of their own. Internet Explo... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   Firefox   Microsoft

  15. Microsoft Releases November Security Bulletin

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Nov 10 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    ... 17 for Java SE 6 November 4 Adobe Releases Update for Shockwave Player October 28 Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.15 and Firefox 3.5.4 October 27 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email October 2... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft Windows   Mac OS   Microsoft

  16. Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Nov 10 2009) ID Theft Prevention

    ... 17 for Java SE 6 November 4 Adobe Releases Update for Shockwave Player October 28 Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.0.15 and Firefox 3.5.4 October 27 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email October 2... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Microsoft Windows   Mac OS   Mozilla Releases Firefox

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