Comments on: Firefox Security? Here We Go Again http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/ Web Browsers News and Reviews. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:19:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: werwolf http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-10328 werwolf Mon, 12 May 2008 07:53:08 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/#comment-10328 The virus, was only indirectly in the package, right? Thats why it was not possible to discover it. The virus, was only indirectly in the package, right? Thats why it was not possible to discover it.

]]> By: Mozilla: For the Record » Blog Archive » Vietnamese Language Pack FAQ http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-10182 Mozilla: For the Record » Blog Archive » Vietnamese Language Pack FAQ Fri, 09 May 2008 05:40:04 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/#comment-10182 [...] Stan Schroeder,   The Inquisitr » Viruses Hit Mozilla, MP3s by JR Raphael,   FavBrowser » Firefox Security? Here We Go Again by Vygantas Lipskas,   Donna’s SecurityFlash » Compromised file in Vietnamese [...] [...] Stan Schroeder,   The Inquisitr » Viruses Hit Mozilla, MP3s by JR Raphael,   FavBrowser » Firefox Security? Here We Go Again by Vygantas Lipskas,   Donna’s SecurityFlash » Compromised file in Vietnamese [...]

]]> By: Mip http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-10130 Mip Thu, 08 May 2008 16:14:32 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/#comment-10130 "I wonder if anyone from Mozilla is *really* running some checks before releasing add-ons and/or language packs to public…" "Dave Miller (MoCo) 2008-05-06 10:49:42 PDT (In reply to comment #12) > I thought we were scanning all the uploads -- did it slip by before the virus > definitions were updated to include HTML.Xorer? Yes, that was explained in comment 5. > Maybe we need to rescan after every definition update? Ideally, yes, except that we get new definitions on average every 6 hours or so and it takes over a week to virus scan the entire ftp server. Getting monthly scans is in the plan for the new stage server once we get it working." “I wonder if anyone from Mozilla is *really* running some checks before releasing add-ons and/or language packs to public…”

“Dave Miller (MoCo) 2008-05-06 10:49:42 PDT

(In reply to comment #12)
> I thought we were scanning all the uploads — did it slip by before the virus
> definitions were updated to include HTML.Xorer?

Yes, that was explained in comment 5.

> Maybe we need to rescan after every definition update?

Ideally, yes, except that we get new definitions on average every 6 hours or so
and it takes over a week to virus scan the entire ftp server. Getting monthly
scans is in the plan for the new stage server once we get it working.”

]]> By: Morbus http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/comment-page-1/#comment-10128 Morbus Thu, 08 May 2008 15:57:29 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/firefox-security-here-we-go-again/#comment-10128 It's not online anymore. It’s not online anymore.

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