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Just Posted: "Stopgap Fix for Critical Firefox 3.5 Security Hole"
The Washington Post ^
| July 14, 2009
| Brian Krebs
Posted on 07/14/2009 10:35:08 AM PDT by CedarDave
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Krebs says that making this change will slow down Javascript rendering in Firefox 3.5 to 3.0 speeds but the tradeoff of speed vs. security may be worth it for most users.
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:35:08 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:36:31 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Obama's EPA wants to get rid of cows: They emit CO2 from the front end and CH4 from the rear.)
To: CedarDave
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:38:40 AM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
(The difference between Lincoln and Obama: Lincoln freed slaves. Obama is out to make them.)
To: CedarDave
Anything that fixes the util rate hog issues? This 3.5 browser just loves to peg my machine at 100%!
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:42:25 AM PDT
by
TWohlford
To: CedarDave
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:43:29 AM PDT
by
tgusa
(Gun control: deep breath, sight alignment, squeeze the trigger ....)
To: Christian4Bush
I’m sticking with 3.0.11 for a while.
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:43:45 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Obama's EPA wants to get rid of cows: They emit CO2 from the front end and CH4 from the rear.)
To: TWohlford
Seem’s like a common complaint of this and earlier FF versions. Mine will peak sometimes and very rarely will freeze meaning I do a ctrl-alt-del to shut it down. Most of the time it is due to a video I’m trying to play or download.
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:46:58 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Obama's EPA wants to get rid of cows: They emit CO2 from the front end and CH4 from the rear.)
To: CedarDave
FWIW, how does one revert back to 3.0.11?
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:47:00 AM PDT
by
woollyone
(I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
To: TWohlford
BTW, when my little green box in the system tray (ctrl-alt-del, Options, “hide when minimized”) goes and stays green, I know I have a problem. That’s the best quick indicator that I know of.
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:53:35 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Obama's EPA wants to get rid of cows: They emit CO2 from the front end and CH4 from the rear.)
To: CedarDave; ShadowAce
Krebs says that making this change will slow down Javascript rendering in Firefox 3.5 to 3.0 speeds but the tradeoff of speed vs. security may be worth it for most users. Going to have to remember (ping?) to set it back to true after the fix comes out. Or, will the fix automatically reset it to true?
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:57:17 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
07/14/2009 10:58:23 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: woollyone
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07/14/2009 10:58:43 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Obama's EPA wants to get rid of cows: They emit CO2 from the front end and CH4 from the rear.)
To: woollyone
Just follow the about:config option. Also, if you’re not already doing so, you need to run an extension such as NoScript. NS allows you to whitelist/blacklist Java and Java script. It’s also granular. Meaning: Some websites can have javascripts from third parties running (google analytics for example) and NS allows you to pick and choose what scripts are allowed to run for any given site.
To: raybbr
Have no idea, but would suspect you will have to reset the switch to “true” to enable the patched Tracemonkey script.
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07/14/2009 11:02:46 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Obama's EPA wants to get rid of cows: They emit CO2 from the front end and CH4 from the rear.)
To: TWohlford
I only have 512MB of memory, run XP Home, and have had 3.5 since the day it was released - and both computer and browser run very fast.
This is a 2004 Dell Computer, so hardly state-of-the-art hardware.
Not sure why so many folks are having trouble with this version of FF hogging memory.
FF consistently uses around 75MB of memory (virtual memory is appx. 190MB).
To: Abigail Adams
To: CedarDave
thx. Started using Safari till this got fixed, but will use this workaround.
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posted on
07/14/2009 11:27:33 AM PDT
by
Betis70
(Keep working serf, Zero's in charge)
To: CedarDave
Now if somebody’d just update the DoD Configuration add-on so I can keep using Firefox while checking email from my civilian office, I’d be happy...
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
07/14/2009 11:34:24 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
To: AFreeBird
already run NS and adblock
love ‘em both.
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posted on
07/14/2009 11:53:19 AM PDT
by
woollyone
(I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
To: CedarDave
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posted on
07/14/2009 11:53:27 AM PDT
by
woollyone
(I believe God created me- you believe you're related to monkeys. Of course I laughed at you!)
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