Marts
10-11-2012, 03:51 PM
The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser has been taken offline after a security vulnerability was discovered.
Users who had upgraded to version 16 were advised to downgrade to the previous safe release until Firefox developers released a fix.
The vulnerability allowed "a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited", Mozilla said.
The non-profit company said that only a "limited number of users are affected".
The download had been taken offline within a day of its initial release, the organisation's UK spokesman said.
Some users were upgraded automatically to the new version, but are now being advised to uninstall the updates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106
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Users who had upgraded to version 16 were advised to downgrade to the previous safe release until Firefox developers released a fix.
The vulnerability allowed "a malicious site to potentially determine which websites users have visited", Mozilla said.
The non-profit company said that only a "limited number of users are affected".
The download had been taken offline within a day of its initial release, the organisation's UK spokesman said.
Some users were upgraded automatically to the new version, but are now being advised to uninstall the updates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19909106
http://www.getsmile.com/emoticons/energizer-smileys-51935/comp_virus.gif