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Germans Begin to have their Doubts about Firefox

German web browsers were reported as being confused and uncertain about their internet security after the German government issued a warning about security issues on the Firefox web browsing software. The warning came from a cyber-security response team, discovered a critical vulnerability in the that if breached would hackers to distribute freely distribute malware through the most recent 3.6 version of Firefox Older versions are not vulnerable to the flaw.

Confusion reigned as browsers, who had recently been advised by the German government to switch to Firefox just a month ago after the German government issued a warning against surfing with Internet Explorer, after vulnerability caused a wave of Cyber attacks that reached web sites around the globe. After that warning reports have it that just over 300,000 German computer owners downloaded Firefox on one weekend alone.

At the time a number of internet security analysts expressed their doubts about the need to switch browsers every time such an attack took place, with a number even suggesting that Firefox might not be an invulnerable as the German government seemed to think. And as the events of the last few days show, they have proven to be correct.

In the meantime Mozilla who produce Firefox have suggested that Firefox followers should upgrade to the Firefox 3.6.2 version which is still in its Beta format and due to be released at the end of March, or wait till they rush-release a patch that will seal the breach.

Analysts have suggested that it would not be wise to switch to another browser or even an older version of Firefox but instead to hang off till the security update becomes available."

Firefox was reported to be not immediately available for comment on the situation other than to say that the patch that is being produced to protect against cross-platform vulnerability a week will now be released a week ahead of schedule.

This tragic-comic situation once again illustrates how important it is to have the most powerful anti-virus software available installed to protect computers and their owners from this relentless wave of virus attacks.

 

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