[nflug] Ubuntu Edgy Firefox updates

[anthonyriga]

Your right. Again I will be pitching Linux again to
another user here at work that just been a windows
victum of internet fraud. As matter of fact this was
the email they sent around the office. All this from
running Winblows and relying on crappy antivirus and
spyware protection. I blame the pc users for not using
the right equiptment for this stuff happening. Another
reason to use Linux... 
The first sentence she says someone placed a virus on
our computer. My ans to that. Windows is the virus!!!
LOL...
Then the bank tells them what to do as if this is
gonna protect them. People are lazy they rather risk
their security and use windows instead of learning
Linux.

I told the group at the production meeting today that
I have been a victim of internet bank fraud; following
is a brief explanation of what happened and some
suggestions for protecting yourselves.

 

Someone placed a virus on our computer that allowed
them to get access to all three security level
passwords for our HSBC online banking. While in our
account they changed our email address so that any
alerts from the bank would not come to us.  They then
transferred over $3,400 to their account in
California.  The good news is that they didn’t appear
to get access to our SSN’s and the bank has already
reimbursed us.  Of course we had to close down the
online bank site immediately and close all of the
accounts.

 

According to the fraud group at HSBC this is not that
uncommon. Please make sure that your virus software is
always running and we suggest adding Spybot which can
be downloaded free at www.safer-networking.org/.  Be
careful if you Google it because the first entry is
spyware/spybot and it is an actual spy ware system
that you would be adding to you computer.



--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:

> anthonyriga wrote:
> > Thts wht the new FF update was for was security. I
> > have no problem reinstalling FF but everytime I
> run
> > into doing a reinstall, updates or upgrades some
> > plugins get screwy. Especially now FF 2.0 plugins
> work
> > great after spending lots of  time getting mplayer
> to
> > work with  codecs. I guess my compaint is if FF
> has
> > occuring security issues and patches more often is
> > this what you have to go through everytime there
> are
> > upgrades and updates? New users just moving from
> Win
> > or thinking about Vista or Ubuntu should not have
> to
> > go through this trouble to get FF updated. Waiting
> for
> > Ubuntu for the updates is like waiting for MS for
> > updates. Meanwhile FF is still unpatched until 
> Ubuntu
> > decides its ok to release their .deb package. 
> >
> >  
> > --- matt donovan <kitchetech at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> download the binary yourself or compile it(long
> >> time) and install it only
> >> way to do it in ubuntu unless you want to wait it
> >> might be in edgy-backports
> >> and usually the update manager is only for
> security
> >> fixes.
> >>
> >> On 12/30/06, anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>     
> >>> What does it take to get FF to update in Ubuntu
> >>>       
> >> Edgy?
> >>     
> >>> The update came out Dec 21 and I still have not
> >>>       
> >> been
> >>     
> >>> prompted for an update not even when using the
> >>>       
> >> chek
> >>     
> >>> for update tool. Is there a repo or something
> that
> >>> must be added or do I have to wait for the
> Ubuntu
> >>> people to decide when the time is right to push
> >>>       
> >> the
> >>     
> >>> update out like MS?
> >>>
> >>>
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> >   
> It would be helpful to note that the majority of
> security fixes (if not
> all) that FF is issuing are probably related to
> windows and not Linux.
> Linux users do not need to panic and do hyper
> updating and patching as
> those in the windows world. It would be interesting
> to see that if a
> particular patch was needed for Linux users to see
> if the FF update
> notice would then get passed on to the repos for
> various Linux distros.
> Then if it didn't show up, you could then have a
> point to raise or to
> see why it didn't (possibly some other reason).
> Otherwise, I think your
> worrying about windows issues that don't relate to
> us Linux users. I'm
> not standing in line to buy Norton either, no need.
> I know your always
> pitching Linux in your windows majority office
> situation (good man) and
> this should help your pitch, just in case you have
> some windows dweeb in
> the office saying, well how come Linux doesn't have
> this or that blah
> blah....
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