Closed Bug 283515 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

I receved a warning about an exploit, is it true? *details enclosed*

Categories

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox Build System
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows ME
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: zagadgita, Assigned: chase)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0 A friend sent me this message: THIS IS IMPERATIVE YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS An exploit has been found in modern browsers including Firefox and you must carry out the following instructions. type in "about:config" (no quotes) in the address bar, and hit enter. Find "network.enableIDN" and set it to FALSE (double click it). Then restart firefox. He saw it on a forum somewhere, and I'm hesitent to change anything without knowing if it's legitament. Reproducible: Always
That pref does nothing in Firefox 1.0. There are no exploits per se, you just need to be as careful as you usually are when giving out information online. Firefox 1.0.1 will be out shortly and it will have all the latest security fixes.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Component: Build Config → General
Product: Firefox → Firefox Build System
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