Windows 10: Firefox 66.0.4 released with fix for bug that disabled add-ons (extensions)

In the past few days, users widely reported that Firefox is not allowing them to install many of the listed add-ons and the existing extensions have been also disabled. Findings revealed that bug is related to an expired certificate and the problem is not because of a software update.

Following a wide-scale report, Mozilla started rolling out a hotfix using its Studies system to enable the disabled extensions and as well as allow installation of new add-ons.

Mozilla has just begun rolling out Firefox 66.0.4 with a fix for the extensions outage bug. In the release notes, Mozilla has stated that it has included the fix but a small number of add-ons may still be listed as unsupported or not appear in about:addons after the update. However, this should not be a big deal as you can re-install the extensions and the data is not lost.



For apparent reasons, the data of add-ons such as Multi-Account Containers, Facebook Container and others that use Containers functionality cannot be recovered. You have to setup these add-ons again and login back to continue using them.

Similarly, the themes may not be re-enabled automatically after installing this update, so you may need to re-enable them from add-ons page again. If you used add-on to customize the homepage or search settings, the customizations would reset to defaults and you may need to customize the experience again in aboutreferences or about:addons.



Download Firefox 66.0.4 to fix extensions bug


You can check for updates on the about page or you can also download the Firefox 66.0.4 offline installer from here.

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Extensions in Firefox 66

Source: Extensions in Firefox 66 | Mozilla Add-ons Blog

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Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Released

Exactly as predicted, Mozilla today released version 3.0.7 of the beloved Firefox web browser. Available now for Windows, Mac, and Linux users, Firefox 3.0.7 fixes several security and stability issues present in previous versions of the browser. For the complete list of bugs fixed click here.

DOWNLOAD: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7

• Fixed several security issues.
• Fixed several stability issues.
• Official releases for the Estonian, Kannada, and Telugu languages are now available.
• Items in the "File" menu show as inactive after using the "Print" item from that menu - switching to a new tab restores them (bug 425844). This issue has been fixed.
• For some users, cookies would appear to go “missing” after a few days (bug 444600).
• Mac users of the Flashblock add-on, experienced an issue where sound from the Flash plug-in would continue to play for a short time after closing a tab or window (bug 474022).
• Fixed several issues related to accessibility features.
• See the Firefox 3.0.6 release notes for changes in previous releases.

Source: Mozilla

 

Firefox Plans Bug Fix Release in a Week

Mozilla plans to release a bug fix for its Firefox browser next week, repairing a long-standing security flaw in the software. The 2.0.0.10 update is in testing right now and should be released to the public next week, following the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. "We are giving it a couple of days to make sure that there are no issues found and we'll release it after Thanksgiving," said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering. The issue that is to be fixed was first reported last February by Jesse Ruderman, but it gained widespread attention earlier this month when researcher Petko Petkov pointed out on his blog that the flaw could be used to launch a cross-site scripting attack against the Firefox browser. The flaw has to do with the fact that Firefox does not properly check files that are compressed using the .jar (Java Archive) format. Attackers could sneak malicious code into the Jar-compressed documents, which would then be run by the victim. Mozilla also published today the first beta of Firefox 3.

Source: InfoWorld