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Mozilla wants to secure your browser

Mozilla wants to secure your browser

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Mozilla has released an updated version of its browser plug-in security checker, and now it also works with non-Firefox browsers. The organisation said the web-based tool now supports Safari 4, Chrome 4, and Opera 10.5. Support for Internet Explorer 7 and 8 is also partially complete. "Outdated plugins are a major source of security and stability risk for web users, and some studies have put the proportion of users with older versions as high as 80 per cent,"...



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