Mozilla issues important patch to stop Firefox triggering Windows 10's drive corruption flaw

A few weeks ago, we wrote about a bug in Windows 10 which could lead to an NTFS drive being formatted simply by opening a folder. The issue affects the $i30 NTFS attribute, and it can be triggered in Explorer as well as web browsers. Now Mozilla has released a key update to Firefox which prevents it from activating the bug. To be protected, you need to be running at least Firefox 85.0.1. See also: KB4598299 and KB4598301 are the latest problematic Windows 10 updates Serious Windows 10 flaw could corrupt your hard drive if you open a folder Security… [Continue Reading]