Mozilla discontinues support for Firefox 2

Mozilla  patched 13 bugs in Firefox, nearly half of them labeled “critical,” . It also  urges users to upgrade from Firefox 2.0 to Firefox 3.0 as soon as possible and said it is "not planning any further security and stability updates for Firefox 2". This means Mozilla will no longer support the Firefox 2 browser against future online scams and attacks. Mozilla  updated the  Firefox 2.0 line to Version 2.0.0.19, patching 10 vulnerabilities in all, eight of them shared with 3.0.5. Of the total, only three were rated critical. As per Mozilla’s support policy, Tuesday’s Firefox Version 2.0.0.19 was the final security update for the browser that debuted in October 2006.

Compounding the retirement of Firefox 2.0 is Mozilla’s decision to drop anti-phishing protection from  Firefox 2.0.0.19. Done at Google’s request—the search company produces the blacklist of risky sites—the withdrawal means that users won’t be warned of potentially dangerous URLs before they reach them. Google asked Mozilla to disable the feature in Firefox 2.0.0.19 because the older browser line uses an obsolete protocol.