Every once in a while, I have to work my way down to my Windows machine for various reasons. The reasons have to be very specific, because I’m going to use my Linux box if at all possible. Nonetheless, sometimes I just can’t avoid it. When these times happen, I find myself in need of SSH, but, alas, Windows has decided that us “dumb users” don’t need such a feature. Read on for a quickie review of a nice program I found to fill the gap.
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Some nice candy that most people like to install on their computers is a weather program. Back when it first came out, I used to tout Weatherbug as being the greatest thing since sliced bread. However, in recent upgrades, Weatherbug has turned into this bloated program that is anything but manageable. The other day, I found a nice one that does exactly what I want and does it simply. The name of the program is Weather Watcher.
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Since I’ve been known to promote the heck out of Mozilla’s line of products, mainly Firefox and Thunderbird, I feel it’s necessary to alert you all to the recent bug discovered which could allow a hacker with malicious intent to execute commands on your computer. The bug is only present for Windows Nt, 2000, or XP Home/Pro computers running any of the Mozilla products. If you are running Mozilla 1.7.0, Firefox 0.9.1, or Thunderbird 0.7.1 on any of these operating systems, it’s highly recommended you update to the latest versions as soon as possible. The mozilla.org servers are taking a pretty good spanking as of the writing of this article, so two good friends of getoffthecomputer.com are providing mirrors of the most recent releases.

Mirror 1: Av8ur.com - (Thanks Matt)
Mirror 2: Necessary Hosting

I can only imagine how Microsoft will try and use this discovery to their advantage, but it’s important to note how fast this vulnerability was patched and new versions released once the bug was uncovered. Score another one for the Mozilla team. Now go update and stay safe!