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Firefox surpasses 10 million download mark
December 12, 2004
The open-source challenger to heavyweight Internet Explorer breaks the 10 million mark in a little more than a month since its release.
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School's out to shun IE
December 9, 2004
Penn State urges students to use alternative browsers to reduce risk of attacks through flaws in the Microsoft software.
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Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages?
November 22, 2006
Flaw could enable attackers to compromise usernames and passwords, security researcher warns, citing exploit on MySpace.
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IE flaw may boost rival browsers
June 28, 2004
Security researchers suggest that using Microsoft alternatives is one way to surf the Web worry-free.
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Firefox to get phishing shield
March 8, 2006
Upcoming version of the open-source browser will offer protection against phishing scams, using technology that might come from Google.
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Mozilla offers temporary fix for Firefox flaw
September 10, 2005
The patch protects against exploitation of a serious flaw by disabling the browser feature that contains the vulnerability.
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Major browsers bitten by security bugs
October 20, 2004
What do Internet Explorer, Mozilla's browsers, and Opera all have in common? Bugs.
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Java flaw could lead to Windows, Linux attacks
November 23, 2004
Threat affects various operating systems and major browsers such as IE and Firefox, leading experts to rate it "critical."
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