Alert: Serious security flaw found in IE

Theoric — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:41:28 GMT

I have been using Opera for a very long time and I feel very safe - also I'm having no hassle with my browsing as some people have experienced with Fx (strange bugs..)

:-)

I also believe Opera is much more safer than Fx seeing as Fx is more popular, which targets it for hackers.

shorty0214 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:33:13 GMT

www.pcworld.com/.../firefox_issues_eight_patches_for_web_browser.html

Only thing I'm trying to point out is: sure IE gets patched a lot. But that's to be expected. More people will try to hack an application used over 80% of the people, hence why IE always get targeted first. No applications are perfect, and going haywire against IE saying FF is better security-wise is plain dumb. If 80% of internet users switched to FF tomorrow, IE would look good since all attacks would be targetted at Mozilla.

Flisher — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:54:10 GMT

According to the Sans Institute, 2 hotfix required to secure IE aren't in the windows update of December. (There was 2 major security flaw in the last 2 week, only available on hotfix, for fully patched IE7)

isc.sans.org/diary.html

Firefox or Google Chrome are still the best bet for anyone...

Main difference is MS doesn't deliver patch for most security flaw until there is mass exploit. Often in Hotfix until a future Windows Update Monthly patch.

Firefox and Chrome offer fix in a few hours, automaticaly reported to the user.

TopTop18 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:25:08 GMT

Just run windows update for a fix

HekiShavik — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:02:48 GMT

What the text shorty0214 posted actually say is that Firefox have patched away more vulnerabilities than any other of the major programs listed. Not that it is the most vulnerable one, like the headline and even the URL strongly suggests. That article is plain bad journalism and it seems to me that it only seeks to put FireFox and the 11 other applications in a bad light.

Only website I ever visit with IE is getfirefox.com - and that's one too many :)

trinkat — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:15:14 GMT

Hotfix can be found here....

www.microsoft.com/.../MS08-078.mspx

shorty0214 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:35:55 GMT

www.neowin.net/.../firefox-tops-list-of-most-vulnerable-windows-applications

lol

avenger661 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:44:34 GMT

wow i think this was the reason my acc got hacked a while ago

id better start using firefox more often O.O

larsbaby — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:12:04 GMT

Didn't think anyone with any sense use the rubbish still?!