Chrome 80.0.3987.116

Sometimes when Google releases a new version of Chrome, the release announcement doesn’t mention any security fixes. That’s intentional:

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Chrome 80.0.3987.116 was announced on February 18, but the initial announcement didn’t include any mention of five security vulnerabilities that were fixed in that version. Those details were added a few days later.

Three of the vulnerabilities addressed in Chrome 80.0.3987.116 were reported to Google by third party security researchers.

To check your current version of Chrome, click its menu button (three vertical dots) and navigate to Help > About Google Chrome. If a newer version is available, you should see a button or link that allows you to install it.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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