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Safer with Firefox?
Name: IronMan Date: March 18, 2005 at 21:17:18 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 512MB
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Is Firefox a more secure web browser than Microsoft's Internet Explorer? The answer may be yes, but the issues are more complicated than most people realize. In fact, Firefox has its share of security problems, and has probably been saved from real-world attack so far only by its single-digit market share.
Summary: I just found this out, if anyone wants to know. Using Firefox version 9.3, and Zonealarm version 5.1, I noticed that Firefox was reacting to Zonealarm's Privacy settings(eg. If I had my Mobile Code Co...
Summary: To correct 3 security problems with the previous version of Firefox, Mozilla has released Firefox v1.0PR. I installed it earlier-- Only difference I noticed is the Bookmarks. ...
Summary: XpUser, between the accumulating vulnerabilities with Firefox, and the ever-growing number of holes discovered in IE7, a really secure browser's getting hard to find. :) I've tried Opera but, like the...