Mozilla has released on Wednesday an update for its web browser Firefox. The update has supposedly fixed nine security issues that ranged from “critical” to “low.” Critical security flaws are the most dangerous as they can let hackers take over a machine using the specific web browser and inflict any damage to the computer and even find out important personal information. Among the security fixes, the new version updates some of the browser’s features. Version 3.04 is available in Icelandic and Thai and it includes beta releases for Bulgarian, Esperanto, Estonian, Latvian, Occitan, and Welsh.

Though people at Mozilla advise people to switch to Mozilla 3, they have also launched an update for the older Firefox 2, version 2.0.0.18. The update for Firefox 2 is addressing 11 security problems, from which 6 are rated as “critical.” Mozilla is also on the verge of releasing a beta version of Firefox 3.1 which will feature some great improvements as Private browsing, which will allow users not to store any information from the web on their computers, and TraceMonkey, which will add native codes to the browser’s Java Script engine. TranceMonkey is said to be a great improvement for those surfing the net using Firefox as the feature will improve Java Script performance.

Mozilla’s Firefox is one of the world’s most used open-source web brewers, as it made a reputation of being reliable, safe, easy to use and computer friendly. Currently Firefox is competing with Google’s Chrome, Safari and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Mozilla constantly releases fixes for reported bugs in its browser, truly making Firefox one of the best web browsers out there.