Firefox rated most vulnerable web browser

[six_storm]

IE8 has always been considerably slower than FF at both work and home for me. Sometimes FF can get a little RAM hungry but a simple restart does the trick.

Of course I work with both IE8 and FF daily, I have a few work sites that need IE8 . . .

[abtomat74]

I use FF and I don't get viruses or spyware.

So... meh... :p

Vista and FF for me also produces nothing. Win Defender, MalWarebyets, Adaware all find nothing ever. Either the combo works 100%, or none of the above programs work.

[bacon12]

I wish all my favorite plug in authors would start working on chrome.

[kazna]

I said and i am still saying that Firefox is utter crap.
Utter CRAP! Another spiteful post from our favorite poster!

FF no doubt is fighting a battle with vulnerabilities as its actually gaining a good bit of market share and is being targeted more.

Until other web browsers get adblockers, I'll be sticking with firefox.

I wish all my favorite plug in authors would start working on chrome.
Same. Chrome has a lot of potential.

[Buio]

Only if Noscript is released for other browsers will I consider change from Firefox. It is just too good to be without.

On the other hand I cant understand why so many are eager to use Adblock and similar. Some sites live by ads, and I don't wanna deny them money. That is just cheap ass surfing to me.

[wnd]

it isn't like Microsoft charges you to use IE, it's free.

It's not.


If you are licensed to use Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 software (for which this supplement is applicable) (the “software”), you may use this supplement. You may not use it if you do not have a license for the software.


Saying IE is free is like going to a fast-food restaurant, buying a meal to go, and then thinking you got the ketchup with it for free. I can download IE 8 for free -- just like I can download Windows for free. For me neither is legal, still.

As for the security issue(s), the numbers in the article (and in the PDF document) are worthless without additional information. I don't care if some obscure extension XYZZY causes my browser to crash when browsing certain exotic pages or if downloading carefully crafted BQZ-document can lead to execution of malicious code. However I do care if my browser is vulnerable to an attack through a flaw in JPEG decoding, especially if I have to wait months for a fix or disclosure of the bug. Secunia's report only contains numbers and those numbers alone are nothing but FUD.