Category Archives: browser

Warning: 0-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (01/17/2020)

Posted on 2020-01-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has issued a security advisory for a 0-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer as of January 17, 2020, which affects virtually all versions of Windows (because Internet Explorer is the browser that is present in those versions). There is an … Continue reading →

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Edge Update to 79.0.309.68, language issue fixed

Posted on 2020-01-18 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge Browser to version 79.0.309.68, so that the vulnerabilities present in Chrome (see Chrome 79.0.3945.130) are also fixed in the Chromium Edge Browser. The issue, that Chromium Edge is installed in a wrong language after download … Continue reading →

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Chrome 79.0.3945.130

Posted on 2020-01-17 by guenni

[German] Google’s developers have just released Chrome 79.0.3945.130. The browser update closes 11 vulnerabilities in total, but Google don’t reaveal details about that. Advertising

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Chromium-Edge installed in wrong language

Posted on 2020-01-16 by guenni

Users who wanted to install the Chromium Edge Browser released on January 15, 2020 report installation problems. The browser is installed in a ‘wrong’ language. Microsoft is investigating the whole thing, see Microsoft Chromium-Edge released. Advertising

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Windows 7: Vivaldi also offers support for 18 months

Posted on 2020-01-16 by guenni

[German]Also, the developers of the Vivaldi browser have presented their plans, for Windows 7 SP1. This operating system will be supported by the browser at least until mid 2021. Advertising

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Microsoft Chromium-Edge released

Posted on 2020-01-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has announced Chromium Edge as available on January 15, 2020 for supported versions of Windows and macOS. The browser is available in more than 90 languages and also available for iOS and Android. Here are some additional information about … Continue reading →

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Waterfox v2020.01 released

Posted on 2020-01-15 by guenni

Another brief post about an update, which blog readers told me days ago by mail and comment. The browser Waterfox (derived from Firefox) has received a security update (see – probably these fixes). Downloads can be found here. Advertising

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Chrome support for Windows 7 until at least mid 2021

Posted on 2020-01-14 by guenni

[German]Google has announced recently to support the Google Chrome browser also over the end of support for Windows 7 SP1 until mid 2021. Here is some information on the topic. Advertising

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Chromium-Edge: Issues and no Auto Update for Enterprises

Posted on 2020-01-13 by guenni

[German]On January 15, 2020, (patchday) Microsoft starts the rollout of the Chromium-based Edge. Now Microsoft has clarified once again in which environments automatic update will take place and that enterprise envionments won’t get an automatic update. In addition, some known … Continue reading →

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Firefox 72.0.1 and 68.4.1esr, and Tor 9.0.4 released

Posted on 2020-01-09 by guenni

[German]Mozilla’s developers had just (January 7, 2020) released version 72 (and 68.4.0 ESR) of the Firefox browser, and they had to make some improvements. Since January 8, 2020 Firefox 72.0.1 and 68.4.1esr are available. There is also the Tor Browser … Continue reading →

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