Heheh...I thought Firefox fanbois use it because it's more secure than IE

[Fritzo]

Guess not

 

[Rip the Jacker]

lol.

 

[KillyKillall]

Considering that MS is the one making the dangerous things attacking us...I'm not surprised.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I knew it!

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Funny, cuz I haven't had any problems since I switched to FF over IE.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
Considering that MS is the one making the dangerous things attacking us...I'm not surprised.

Holy sh|t, I'm dizzy all of a sudden! You turned that fvcker around quick!!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Shens on IE not being on that list at all.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

There's a bit of bias in that list.
MS vulnerabilities stay out in the open for months, if not years. Most times they are not reported, or the reports are kept quiet. FF has open reporting, so anytime a vulnerability is found, it's broadcast for everyone to see, so it can be fixed quickly. Security through obscurity is the MS motto, and as we've seen by all the viruses that have completely shut down businesses... it doesn't work.

 

[BW86]

no IE on that list.....lol?

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Shens on IE not being on that list at all.

Shens on WINDOWS not being on that list at all.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Guess not

It is more secure.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: LoKe
Shens on IE not being on that list at all.

Shens on WINDOWS not being on that list at all.

Windows Messenger, close enough. =]

 

[Jassi]

Thats FF 1.0.7, its been updated atleast twice since that release....

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Funny, cuz I haven't had any problems since I switched to FF over IE.

Funny 'cuz I've never had a problem using IE or FF.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Jassi
Thats FF 1.0.7, its been updated atleast twice since that release....

Shens on your reading comprehension.

Firefox 1.0.7 -- which has been patched (and so superseded) by 1.0.8, not to mention Firefox 1.5

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: ruffilb

Originally posted by: LoKe
Shens on IE not being on that list at all.

Shens on WINDOWS not being on that list at all.

Shens on Kazaa + IM services not topping the list. WTF. Doesn't Kazaa now come standard with spyware?

Plus, I don't think the list accounts for the average intelligence level of each program's typical user.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Jassi
Thats FF 1.0.7, its been updated atleast twice since that release....

Shens on your reading comprehension.

Firefox 1.0.7 -- which has been patched (and so superseded) by 1.0.8, not to mention Firefox 1.5

Which means 1.0.7 has the vulnerability, not the patched versions.
If you had finished reading the article:
Eleven of the 15 can be patched or updated, but no fixes exist for Yahoo Instant Messenger, Sony, Kazaa, or ICQ

A patched firefox, not being one of them.

 

[drum]

i switched because i was told it was the 1337 thing to do :|

 

[BW86]

I switched bc of the tabbing feature and the extensions mainly.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: bunker

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Jassi
Thats FF 1.0.7, its been updated atleast twice since that release....

Shens on your reading comprehension.

Firefox 1.0.7 -- which has been patched (and so superseded) by 1.0.8, not to mention Firefox 1.5

Which means 1.0.7 has the vulnerability, not the patched versions.
If you had finished reading the article:
Eleven of the 15 can be patched or updated, but no fixes exist for Yahoo Instant Messenger, Sony, Kazaa, or ICQ

A patched firefox, not being one of them.

Ah, sorry, Jassi. I just didn't think they'd be ignorant to test an old release of a program.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Funny, cuz I haven't had any problems since I switched to FF over IE.

Funny 'cuz I've never had a problem using IE or FF.

That's the answer I was waiting for.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Guess not

Yeah, something that's several versions old and has been patched for months is vulnerable. It's absolutely shocking. :roll:

ZV

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Funny, cuz I haven't had any problems since I switched to FF over IE.

Funny 'cuz I've never had a problem using IE or FF.

Werd.

I only use FF to surf pr0n so the wife doesn't stumble on some old url that was entered by auto-complete

 

[archcommus]

I don't see what FF still has over IE besides extension support.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: BW86
I switched bc of the tabbing feature and the extensions mainly.

Add me to that list...
I was showing a coworker a lot of the features that are absent in IE - features that I used daily - she said "Wow, how did you get firefox but they didn't put it on all the computers?"
"Simple, I asked."