Study: Firefox Excels at Guarding the Henhouse

One of the most effective ways to ensure security is to keep your Web browser updated to the most recent version, which will contain patches for the latest known vulnerabilities. By that measure, Firefox is a highly secure browser, since it updates frequently and automatically, according to a recent study. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/63724.html

The chart shows the adoption rate of new versions by users. The standard for measuring how secure a browser actually is, is just that, weather users have adopted its latest version or not. Firefox has over 83.3 percent of its users on the newest version. Also since FireFox updates regularly its becomes the most secure in that aspect also.

I myself am A Firefox man. Firefox for me got me away from the extremely vulnerable browser we call Internet Explorer. Back when I first converted to Firefox I didn't have many options. I could stick with Internet Explorer(IE), which was infected with more adware programs than you could shake a stick at, go with NetScape, which was not the most user friendly browser and looked horrible and didn't accept half the code that IE would display normally, or go with Firefox. Firefox was getting all kinds of rave reviews as being the most user-friendly piece of software that had no virus loop holes and smelled like mommas home cookn! Of course some of the hype was right but it was talked up so much just for the sheer fact that it was a GOOD alternative to IE and it didn't require you to rethink how you surfed the Internet. Of course it wasn't perfect, as no browser is or ever will be, it had its fare share of problems just like IE, but Firefox didn't have the mass attention of the hacker community at first which gave it a head start towards getting the image that they didn't have such problems. Now-adays Firefox is updated fairly regularly which helps to keep new loop holes and vulnerabilities at bay. Of course updating your browser is only one step in the right direction and having good antivirus and or spyware removal software(which also attempts to make your system immune to spyware) are other great steps towards being secure while surfing the net.

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