Firefox 3 upgrades malware blocking

The first official Firefox 3 version upgraded by Mozilla to Alpha 8 adds some new security features.

The most anticipated security feature in the Gran Paradiso version (codename of Firefox 3) is the built-in malware protection and warning feature built into the browser. Accordingly, if the website is suspected of containing malicious code or has the purpose of online fraud, the browser will be blocked and give a warning to users. Alpha 8 version is now integrated with this feature.

Mozilla said the security feature also aims to protect users from being updated automatically by browser plug-ins used to lead users to malicious websites, downloaded. types of malicious code.

' Firefox will now automatically check for plug-in updates at a separate address ,' Mozilla said. ' Currently paths like this have not been tested yet, they can be taken advantage of to attack users .'

Most plug-ins for Firefox are stored on Mozilla's own server, but some do not. Therefore they are easy to take advantage of. There are detailed descriptions of how to take advantage of plug-in updates to attack users who have been launched on the Internet.

To limit such attacks, Mozilla will require updates for browser plug-ins to warn users and publish via SSL-secure connections or updates must have digital identifiers. certified separately. However, the changes mentioned above will not affect the plug-ins installed for the first time.

Users can now download and test Firefox 3 alpha 8 versions for all Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms.

Mozilla has kept it secret, never disclosed exactly when it will release the official version of Firefox 3.0.

Hoang Dung