Firefox 1.5.0.5 - now available.---security update

HardOCP ^ | Wednesday July 26, 2005 1:11 PM (CDT) | Posted by Steve

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There is a newer version of Firefox out today. This brings the incredibly popular browser up to version 1.5.0.5. Grab it if you want it, try it if you haven’t.

Firefox 1.5.0.5 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[ShadowAce]

[Turbopilot]

Mozilla.com still shows 1.5.0.4 as the current release for all languages and OS's of both Firefox and Thunderbird. Are you sure the files listed for 1.5.0.5 are current production versions? Many people reading this thread (me included) don't want to "upgrade" to a beta.

[Kaylee Frye]

Any indication when they'll have it up for download here?

[Clara Lou]

I don't usually update this way, so I have a question: Do I need to uninstall my old version before I click setup.exe?

[Bigh4u2]

I haven't had to uninstall when I've upgraded.

But I have read that some people do have issues installing, so, I say, try it first.

[Clara Lou]

No-- no need to ininstall. It was easy and painless.

[Clara Lou]

ininstall = uninstall

[holymoly]

I don't usually update this way, so I have a question: Do I need to uninstall my old version before I click setup.exe?

So far, Mozilla.org still has 1.5.0.4 for download - not 1.5.0.5.

Unless you spend countless hours surfing porn and warez sites, it probably won't hurt to wait for the actual (official) release/notification.

[holymoly]

Are you sure that isn't a beta?

The main download site still shows 1.5.0.4

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Also, selecting "Help > Check for Updates" reports that "There are no new updates available."

[Clara Lou]

I checked the website. Correct address. My phishing extension cleared it as well. http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ is a safe address.

[VOA]

I'll wait for the front-door announcement at Mozilla.

I'm not downloading a new Firefox without that...given the current news:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672528/posts

[VOA]

More news...hopefully the 1.5.0.5 is just about to go public and is a cure
for the current nasty (extension):
http://news.google.com/news?as_q=%22Firefox%22+%22mozilla%22+%22trojan%22&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&ned=us&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=26&as_minm=6&as_maxd=26&as_maxm=7

[Clara Lou]

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.0.5.html is the release notes page for the update. It is not beta, BTW, as this page indicates.

[VOA]

Looks like Clara Lou is ahead of the crowd:

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/passwordstealing_trojan_disgui.html

(last paragraph of the article)
"Incidentally, Mozilla is expected today to release a new version of Firefox
today, 1.5.0.5, that includes about a dozen security updates as well as stability
fixes. Security Fix will have more info on that update shortly after its release."

[holymoly]

Looks like Clara Lou is ahead of the crowd.

Looks like.

It had me scratching my head, becuse I'd seen 1.5.0.5 on a Mozilla FTP mirror a day or two ago.

At the time, I'd also noticed the "nightly", "trunk", etc. directories were gone, and everything, including the "release candidates", was being lumped into the "releases" directory/directories.

http://www.mozilla.org/mirrors.html

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the update from the frontlines....

Do All the extensions still work ok?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just checked with your link and they must have updated it....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Download Firefox 1.5.0.5 for Linux i686, English (8.1MB)