Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows
IE7 vs. Firefox 2: Which is more secure?
by Jordan Running Aug 4th 2006 at 6:30PM
Both Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7, both in beta, are being positioned by their makers as the most secure web browsers for Windows, but which is really the best? ZDNet's Ed Bott has written an in-depth comparison of the two browsers' security features, which covers not only code vulnerabilities, but phishing and malware as well. Bott doesn't indicate a clear winner, instead concluding that "Both IE7 and Firefox 2 add extra layers of protection and provide additional information to users to help them make intelligent decisions. In the final analysis, though, no browser can force a user to make smart or sane decisions. They can only point the right way." The article, which includes a big screenshot gallery of the browsers' screenshot features, is definitely worth a read if you're following this second round of the browser war, of if you're just trying to figure out what browser to recommend to your mom (mine uses Firefox).
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Joe Beaulaurier said 12:14PM on 8-06-2006
A couple comments to this perspective:
1) Firefox 2 is sooooo much faster than IE7 that it would pain me to have to use IE7 for some reason such as security.
2) Having "the most" secure browser strikes me as having the need for "the most" bullet-proof car. I rarely care about my browsers' ability to fend of nefarious intrusions since I hang out in well-lit, recognizable regions of the Internet (e.g. Yahoo!) much as I do when in my car. You don't drive where you attract gunfire and neither should your web travels take you there either.
I like a lifestyle that doesn't require a working knowledge of Kevlar, both online and off.
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Anthony said 9:49PM on 8-06-2006
I tried IE 7 Beta, and I did and adware scan.... so much adware! With Firefox 2 Beta, no adware found... IE still has a lot of security issues I wasn't aware of a year ago! Firefox forever!
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nc real estate said 6:04AM on 8-07-2006
We recently switched to Firefox and have been "wowed" by all of the customization available. It also appears to be much faster than IE, as other posters have pointed out.
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Mukund said 10:52AM on 8-10-2006
So u suggest ur mom to use Firefox?
:)
Well i will sugest u read this -> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html#End
Thanks
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