Posts by Timothy Turner11

slycrane94 said:That’s total nonsense. Internet Explorer has way more vulnerabilities, and most of what’s actually bad is classified as critical, whereas the bugs found in Firefox are usually pretty harmless.

That isn't how this works. Internet Explorer might have fewer holes, but the reality is that nobody wants to waste their time writing exploits for Firefox because its user base is too small; it just isn't an attractive target.

If I were designing a virus, why would I bother targeting something used by a single neighborhood when I could go after a program used by, say, a billion people? Why deal with the headache of attacking a niche product when the real money is in the mass market?😉

I’m asking you all to please stop getting sidetracked and stay on topic!

According to the latest semi-annual security threat report released by Norton yesterday, browsers built on Mozilla code are actually sporting more vulnerabilities than Internet Explorer. To get specific, Norton identified 21 distinct flaws within Firefox, whereas Internet Explorer was "only" riddled with 13. While it might not feel that way right now—since the actual malware exploiting these holes is still far more prevalent on Explorer than on Firefox—that dynamic could shift rapidly as Firefox continues its climb in popularity.

Apple enthusiasts might take some comfort in hearing that Norton researchers failed to find any vulnerabilities in Safari, Apple's flagship browser, though they did manage to uncover 37 serious security flaws within OS X itself.