The surge of interest in Firefox 3.0 paves way for a new record
June 27, 2008The huge surge of interest in Firefox 3.0 has continued unabated. In all, Firefox 3.0 was downloaded close to 8.3 million times by enthusiastic users over the 24 hour record setting time period. The figure comfortably beat the five million that was predicted before the launch day.
Mozilla has stated that the software has already been downloaded over 10 million times. But some of the gloss of the software launch was taken off by media reports that a security company had found a flaw in the Mozilla browser.
DV Labs/Tipping Point uncovered a flaw only within five hours of Firefox 3.0 debut. The flaw, according to it, potentially lets an attacker take over a computer if a user happens to click on a booby-trapped link.
Logs from the download servers have now been handed to the Open Source Labs at Oregon State University for purpose of auditing. The scrutiny will make sure that duplicate as well as unfinished downloads do not get counted. The verification process is likely to take a week or so to complete.
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