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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. Apple Releases Safari 4.0.5

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (1 hour, 29 min ago) 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

  3. 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

  4. 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   Cisco

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Safer online shopping: eight tips

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

    ...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. Intern... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   Firefox   Microsoft

  8. 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

  9. 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   Microsoft

  10. iBigBrother or iSpy? iPhone privacy issues are scary

    Explore Article sfgate.com (Aug 24 2009) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    iBigBrother or iSpy? iPhone privacy issues are scary ...C with Windows or your MacPro with OSX. Your computer has a Internet browser (Internet Explorer and Firefox) and applications like Microsoft Word, Quickbooks, Warcraft or Photoshop and the iPhone has a brows... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Federal Trade Commission   PowerPoint   Microsoft

  11. Cisco Releases Security Advisory for Firewall Services Module Vulnerability

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Aug 19 2009) ID Theft Prevention

    ...ervice condition. US-CERT encourages users to review the Mozilla Foundation security advisories for Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 and apply any necessary updates or workarounds to help mitigate the risks. US-CERT will provide... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reader   Mozilla Foundation   Cisco

  12. Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.5.8 and Security Update 2009-003

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Aug 6 2009) ID Theft Prevention

    ...ce condition. US-CERT encourages users to review the Mozilla Foundation security advisories for Firefox 3.0 and Firefox 3.5 and apply any necessary updates or workarounds to help mitigate the risks. US-CERT will provide... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reader   Firefox   Cisco Releases Security Advisory

  13. Mozilla Store Security Breached

    Explore Article InformationWeek (Aug 5 2009) Consumer , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    ...ouri. The Mozilla Store sells various items of clothing, software, and other merchandise related to Firefox and other Mozilla projects. Mozilla declined to provide information about the number of customers w... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   InformationWeek   Missouri   Patrick Leahy

  14. Apple Releases Safari 4.0.2

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jul 9 2009) ID Theft Prevention

    ... HT3632 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.0.11 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an atta... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Security Advisory   Mozilla Foundation   Microsoft Security Advisory

  15. Microsoft Releases Security Advisory 972890

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jul 6 2009) ID Theft Prevention

    ... HT3632 and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks. Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.0.11 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an atta... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reader   Security Advisory   Mozilla Foundation

  16. Mozilla Foundation Releases Firefox 3.5

    Explore Article us-cert.gov (Jun 30 2009) ID Theft Prevention

    ...tent feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 3.5. The Mozilla Foundation lists multiple security enhancements including improved anti-phishing, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Reader   Farrah Fawcett   Adobe Security Bulletin

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