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Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird users on Microsoft Windows operating
systems should update in one of the following ways.

To install the security patch for Mozilla or Firefox, follow these instructions:

To verify the fix in your Firefox or Mozilla application, be sure to restart the browser and then follow these steps:
1. Type about:config into the address field and hit Enter.
2. In the Filter toolbar, type shell.
3. Look for the preference listing network.protocol-handler.external.shell.
4. If you see the preference listed with the value of false then your application has been patched.
To install the security patch for Thunderbird, follow these instructions:

Right-click the Patch and choose save link as.
Save the file, shellblock.xpi, to your Desktop.
In Thunderbird, go to the Tools menu and select the Extensions item.
In the resulting Extensions window, click the "Install" button.
Use Windows file picker to select the shellblock.xpi file from your Desktop and click OK to dismiss the file picker.
Click OK on the Software Installation window.
Exit and restart Thunderbird.

To download and install new Mozilla releases releases, follow the instructions below:

Download Mozilla 1.7.1 to your Desktop and double-click the mozilla-win32-1.7.1-installer.exe icon.
Follow the instructions in the Mozilla Install wizard.

Download Firefox 0.9.2 and to your Desktop and double-click the FirefoxSetup-0.9.2.exe icon.
Follow the instructions in the Firefox Install wizard.

Download Thunderbird 0.7.2 to your Desktop and double-click the ThunderbirdSetup-0.7.2.exe icon.
Follow the instructions in the Thunderbird Install wizard.

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