Comments on: Firefox exploits now in the wild

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:13:58 +0000

I don’t have FF 1.06 installed here, so I can’t check.

Is there a reason why you don’t update to 1.5?

By: mark

mark — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:11:35 +0000

With FF 1.06 where is the ‘Software Update’ button anyway? The help shows it between ‘Tabbed Browsing’ and ‘Security’ in the ‘Advanced’ settings.

I have ‘Tabbed Browsing’ and ‘Security’ there, but no ‘Software Update’ anything.

By: Ryan Walters

Ryan Walters — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Yikes. I have ver 1.0 that I use only for testing websites. I don’t see that icon at all. Perhaps my version doesn’t have auto-update? There’s also no update option in any of the menus.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I don’t have a 1.0 install around to test. The Update option still isn’t on any menu. There’s a Check for Updates option on the Advanced tab of the Tools, Options dialog box. Is that option checked? You can also check for updates manually by clicking the button there, at least on later versions.

By: jac

jac — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I have 1.0 on the computer I’m currently on, so went to have a look. Clicking the “Search for Updates” button in the Advanced tab yields nothing, but clicking the throbber in the top right goes to the Firefox home page which prominently displays version 1.0.3. There’s no icon or other sign that an update is available, though.