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Firefox has more security holes than Internet Explorer?

Tom Warren   on 07 August 2004 - 18:18 · 243 comments & 68700 views

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As crazy as the title of this news post may sound, it's true to some extent. Mozilla Firefox has managed to rack up 10 security holes in 4 months compared to 7 security holes in Internet Explorer within 4 months. The statistics show that having a product that isn't used by 1000s makes it "more secure" as less hackers/spammers need to attack it.

As the release of XPSP2 has just finished up we should see less IE holes over the coming months but if this trend contines then where will Firefox be in 6 months time?

View: Mozilla Firefox Security Vulnerabilites
View: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Security Vulnerabilites
News source: In-House

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#1 vetbangbang023 on 07 Aug 2004 - 18:37
Everything has flaws and holes. I don't understand everyone's obsession with all of this. Plug the security holes in your own head and you don't have to worry about having all your porn stolen.
#2 creamhackered on 07 Aug 2004 - 21:50
I only posted this cause i knew it would be entertaining to see how Firefox fanboys replied. It was so thank you

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