Firefox 3.0.4: another update for the beloved browser

24th November 2008

The fourth update for Firefox 3.
Firefox 3 now has a new version of the Gecko 1.9 engine, which contains more than 15 thousand of improvements compared to the previous one. Special attention was paid to security: information the site`s danger degree, better integration with anti-virus module for downloading files, improved checking of insecure plugins, protection against malware and SSL errors on web pages. Many innovations are associated with easier access to commands.
Also there is the possibility of scaling an entire page, quick search on bookmarks and history of visited pages, more convenient settings for downloading files by their type.
The latest version offers:
Fixed several vulnerabilities in the security system;
Fixed several problems with the stability;
Updated inner list of public suffixes;
Additional root certificates Extended Validation (EV);
Fixed the problem related to incorrect work of some passwords saved by means of Firefox 3.0.2;
In some cases Firefox incorrectly saved proxy settings for all protocols, but HTTP.