Firefox Beta

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anirbandutta
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Firefox Beta

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Firefox beta is safe to install or not??
Mouse5
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Re: Firefox Beta

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no its not. it'll destroy your PC if you install it





but if it wasnt safe, why would they release a Beta?
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GHM113
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Well, it depends on what you call safe. When Mozilla became aware of the exploit in pdf viewer, it was quickly fixed in Nightly, Developer Edition and Release but not in Beta.
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Sorry for my poor English.
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geobomatic
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If you ask, you'd better stick to release.
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anirbandutta wrote:Firefox beta is safe to install or not??
Is Firefox Release safe to install. They fix security vulnerabilities with each release.

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Re: Firefox Beta

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Thanks all for guiding me.
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Geobomatic wrote:If you ask, you'd better stick to release.

Best answer!
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