Unpatched vulnerability in Firefox 3

This was originally published by TippingPoint. Chances are that this
vulnerability can be used by attacker in a way that he can execute own commands in that system. But risk is not that great as user needs to visit first hostile web site.

Mozilla has confirmed vulnerability but thinks that risk is quite minimal. Same vulnerability is also in version 2 of Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox 3 released

Mozilla Firefox 3 has been released.

It has a bunch of new features.

Read more about those here and download it here

Please note that not all extensions might work with version 3.

Spywareblaster 4.1 released

Spywareblaster 4.1 has been released

See changelog from below (from Wilders Security Forums):

-Mozilla Firefox 3 support
-Fixed problems updating in some instances
-Fixed errors on load
-Fixed errors when attempting to enable/disable Firefox protection
-Fixed hang on some Vista machines when trying to update
-Fixed improper detection of AutoUpdate enabled status on some Vista machines
-Fixed occasional error with AutoUpdate on limited user accounts on Windows XP
-Many additional small bug fixes and tweaks

You can read more about Spywareblaster and download it here

New Rogue AntiSpyCheck

AntiSpySpider is a rogue anti-spyware program which is been advertised and installed by malware.

BleepingComputer has made a nice self-help guide for removing that rogue.

June Microsoft Updates to be released tomorrow

June Microsoft Updates will be released tomorrow. There will be 5 fixes in total, 3 of them are classified as critical, one as important and one as moderate.

There are fixes for eg. Bluetooth, Internet Explorer and DirectX.

Concerned operating systems are Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 and 2008.

Read more here

SP3 has vulnerable Flash

Computerworld reports that Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 includes vulnerable Flash, version 9.0.115.0.

Version 9.0.124.0 was released before SP3 but for some reason Microsoft didn't include it to SP3.

Read more about Flash vulnerability here
and update Flash here

Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.25.378 released.

Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0.25.378 has been released.

See changelog below from Comodo website:

* Fixed! Windows Vista 64 UI Problems.
* Fixed! SafeSurf crashes applications on x64 based operating systems.

See more here
and download latest version here