Is there a registry key I can look at to find out where Firefox.exe can
be found?  Also, we want this to be automated so is there a place I can
go on mozilla.org to find the all the current "latest" versions
(Firefox 1.5.0.8 and 2.0.0.0 right now) through an automated process?

Frank Wein wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Is there an easy way for a third party program to detect if Firefox is
> > installed and whether or not it's fully patched (security fixes only).
> >
> > My company has come under the attack of websites exploiting old
> > security holes against our users in order to install keyloggers on
> > their computers.  We would like our software to check to see if the
> > user has Firefox installed and if it is fully up to date in terms of
> > security patches or not.  I don't mind researching this myself so if
> > someone can just point me in the right direction to get started that
> > would work too.
>
> You could check the version header of firefox.exe (if this is Windows)
> if it is equal to the current version available for download on
> mozilla.org/com. Firefox 1.5.0.x should normally update itself though
> with the correct preferences and write access to the app folder...
> 
> Frank

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