Can’t believe it either but an Internet Security Threat Report by Symantec puts Firefox at the top of the list for the most insecure browser in 2007. See comparative charts after the jump.
According to Symantec, Firefox had 122 reported vulnerabilities last year. That’s more than twice the number of security holes found on MS Internet Explorer.
Here’s the breakdown:
Mozilla Firefox: 122
Internet Explorer: 57
Safari : 47
Opera: 19
The growing popularity of Firefox may have contributed to the increase in vulnerabilities discovered in the browser. {via: Softpedia}
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I use Firefox and it’s really great…
yup tama kayo ganun talaga opera user ako kaso hindi ako satisfied kaya firefox din gamit ko
Not really “popularity”, Opera is still very popular but it appears from their study that Opera is the most secure. I would say that Opera’s popularity is more or less the same as FF’s.
Then Safari. Being a new browser for Win-based OS, Safari is doing a great job.
As we all know, most FF problems came from plugins and addons.
Are you shitting me?? OMFG, and I thought Firefox was safer than even IE7 (which is why I switched over). So should I go back to IE or stay with FF??
lol, more people still use IE.
I still prefer mozilla.
firefox having more reported vulnerabilities doesnt mean IE is any safer. take note that these are just the ones that are brought to the attention of the experts. having more reported vulnerabilities, IMO, means more ground to improve the browser and the reason why IE has less issues is because no one bothers to check it anymore.
I stick with Firefox here. That report is even for 2007. How many fixes had MS released since then? Mozilla has sure made many. Performance even got better now that I’m on version 3 beta 5. Open source is way better as it exposes vulnerabilities sooner, therefore making fixes sooner as well.
That is really true eversince. Opera is way way more secure and it can prove itself as the fastest browser on earth! IMHO, It doesn’t share the same problem with Firefox that eradicates your ram until it lasts.
Fire Fox being free might be a reason to use it, but IE is free with my computer as well. I use both, have to, the statement that more people use Firefox needs checking. My web stats indicate 60-70% of my users are using IE. Not sure what the market share is currently.