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Mozilla: New Firefox Settings on Plugin Auto-Running After Java Issues

By default, Firefox will, in future, only automatically run the content of the most recent version of Flash . The Mozilla announcement comes after Oracle's recent troubles securing Java, which recently culminated in Oracle's Java defences falling to a security researcher. That researcher recommended "Click to Play" as a more appropriate defence against drive-by style attacks that exploited plugins such as Java. The link for this article located at H Security is no longer available. . Mozilla reveals updates to Firefox settings, restricting automatic plugin activation in light of recent Java vulnerabilities.. Firefox Plugins Management, Mozilla Security Changes, Browser Plugin Safety. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Firefox 3.6.6: Enhanced Plug-In Crash Protection for Stability

Mozilla pushed out a minor update to Firefox on Saturday, slightly adjusting the new plug-in crash protection feature that was introduced last week. Firefox 3.6.6 for Windows and Linux delays the amount of time that the plug-in protection module will wait before terminating an unresponsive plug-in. . Mozilla evangelist Mike Beltzner said in a blog post on Saturday that although Firefox 3.6.4 was beta-tested with nearly 1 million users, after its release the company began hearing complaints from some users, especially those playing games on older computers. The crash protection feature would only wait 10 seconds before aborting a plug-in; that's now been extended to 45 seconds. The link for this article located at CNET is no longer available. . Mozilla evangelist Mike Beltzner said in a blog post on Saturday that although Firefox 3.6.4 was bet. mozilla, pushed, minor, update, firefox, saturday, slightly, adjusting, plug-in, crash. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Mozilla Plugin Check: Enhancing Security for Chrome and IE Browsers

Mozilla launched a tool that lets users of rival browsers, including Internet Explorer (IE), Chrome, Safari and Opera, determine whether important add-ons may be vulnerable to attack.. The Web-based tool - an extension of plug-in checking that Mozilla began adding to Firefox 3 last year - was originally slated for a late March debut, but Mozilla delayed its release in order to beef up the list of plug-ins the service scans. The "Plugin Check" tool lets users of Apple's Safari 4, Google's Chrome 4 and Opera Software's Opera 10.5 scan their browsers for outdated plug-ins such as Apple's QuickTime or Adobe's Flash and Reader that are frequently targeted by hackers. Support for Microsoft's browser is limited to IE7 and IE8, and the tool checks a smaller number of plug-ins for IE than it does for other browsers. "Since IE requires specific code to be written for each plug-in, it will take us a little longer to get to full coverage," said Johnathan Nightingale, director of Firefox development, in a post to Mozilla's security blog. The tool detected Microsoft's own Silverlight and Adobe's Flash plug-ins in a test of IE8 by Computerworld, but failed to spot the Adobe Reader plug-in. The link for this article located at Tech World is no longer available. . Mozilla's software aids competing web browsers in identifying risky extensions to enhance user safety.. Browser Security, Plugin Management, Add-On Protection. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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