Mozilla Firefox since its arrival has been one of the pioneering internet browsers today in the computing world. They have once again taken a step towards impressing their customers by implementing a key security patch. Ever since Mozilla 3.5 got unveiled, it has had a rocky going and many users had complaints of some drive-by attacks. Now this attractive browser software has introduced a key JavaScript update. This update is now compliant with the Mozilla Firefox version 3.5 which has got released just two weeks back.

Firefox 3.5

Firefox 3.5


When we take a look on what browser manufacturers strive for to meet the needs of the users, we infer that speed is the most sought after quality that people look forward to and in this process of going for it, the browser manufactures end up concentrating less on security and privacy issues. Also attackers nowadays love a faster JavaScript to carry out their attacks on browsers so it ends up playing into their hands.

But the question of utmost security still remains in the minds of the users. The SSL sites now take a lot of problems in loading all the images and sites unless the users go for the “Reload” option in Mozilla. Also some antivirus software like AVG will now cause further problems for the users because the “Enter” option in Firefox will not work with this antivirus software. Also there are now many reasons why Mozilla may crash and cause more headaches to the users. The problems for the moment remains and Mozilla have promised to act quickly on all these issues.

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