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From: businessman on 30 Mar 2007 10:55 On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:05:11 +0000 (UTC), john sumner <josumner1965(a)cs.com> wrote: >businessman(a)nomail.com wrote in >news:e12q039kquehgge27c27f6h8dabjof94lv(a)4ax.com: > >> >> Neither. Just sharing what I found on the website link that I >> included in my post. If you actually read my whole post, Firefox 2.0x >> came in almost identical, just a fraction of a percent lower. On the >> other hand Firefox 1.x did not come in good. On the other hand, Opera >> was very poor. >> >> I dont believe everything I read on websites, so I was hoping to get >> some useful feedback on this. Unfortunately your reply did not fall >> into the "useful" category. >> > >And your point being? Apparently you lack reading comprehension !!!!! Now putting aside trolls such as yourself who only waste bandwidth, Does anyone on here have any security facts to share. I'd like to validify this. I find it kind of hard to imagine that IE6 was more secure than Firefox 1.x. I have not tried IE7, so I can not personally comment. I was always under the impression that FF was pretty secure, at least that is what everyone kept saying, but if this information is accurate, all versions of FF prior to 2.0x was not very secure at all, and IE6 was actually more secure. If anyone has any facts or know of other websites, I'd sure like to know what is true.
From: businessman on 30 Mar 2007 11:03 On 30 Mar 2007 14:15:53 GMT, elaich <a(a)b.c> wrote: >businessman(a)nomail.com wrote in news:1d8p039i0h1nh6iksusc5vb0ccs3g5f9qi@ >4ax.com: > >> I hate to break this to everyone, but according to >> http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2007/03/22/701346.aspx >> >> IE7 is now the safest browser. > >A look at the source discounts this immediately. Also, this is the same >troll who argued for weeks about a moot point in an another group. Trolls such as yourself are automatically added to my kill filters.
From: Michel Doucet on 30 Mar 2007 14:34 Le Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:47:51 -0500, businessman a caress� son clavier pour nous dire dans 1d8p039i0h1nh6iksusc5vb0ccs3g5f9qi(a)4ax.com ce qui suit : > IE7 is now the safest browser. Are you joking ? -- Utiliser le butineur, le courrielleur, le lecteur de nouvelles et l'OS avec lesquels vous vous sentez le plus s�curis� ;)
From: SteveG on 30 Mar 2007 14:38 businessman(a)nomail.com wrote: > On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:05:11 +0000 (UTC), john sumner > <josumner1965(a)cs.com> wrote: > >> businessman(a)nomail.com wrote in >> news:e12q039kquehgge27c27f6h8dabjof94lv(a)4ax.com: >> >>> Neither. Just sharing what I found on the website link that I >>> included in my post. If you actually read my whole post, Firefox 2.0x >>> came in almost identical, just a fraction of a percent lower. On the >>> other hand Firefox 1.x did not come in good. On the other hand, Opera >>> was very poor. >>> >>> I dont believe everything I read on websites, so I was hoping to get >>> some useful feedback on this. Unfortunately your reply did not fall >>> into the "useful" category. >>> >> And your point being? > > Apparently you lack reading comprehension !!!!! > > Now putting aside trolls such as yourself who only waste bandwidth, > > Does anyone on here have any security facts to share. I'd like to > validify this. I find it kind of hard to imagine that IE6 was more > secure than Firefox 1.x. I have not tried IE7, so I can not > personally comment. I was always under the impression that FF was > pretty secure, at least that is what everyone kept saying, but if this > information is accurate, all versions of FF prior to 2.0x was not very > secure at all, and IE6 was actually more secure. If anyone has any > facts or know of other websites, I'd sure like to know what is true. > > John may (or may not) lack comprehension skills but I have to tell you that "validify" is NOT an English word. I'm guessing your American and exercising your "right" to make up words just because you don't know the correct one to use. Try "validate" instead :-) <flame proof jacket now donned in anticipation of impending tirade> <BCG> -- Regards Steve G
From: SteveG on 30 Mar 2007 14:39
businessman(a)nomail.com wrote: > I hate to break this to everyone, but according to > http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2007/03/22/701346.aspx > > IE7 is now the safest browser. > > Now that you are all beginning to delete Firefox and install IE7, > there is GOOD NEWS. The good news is that Firefox 2.0x is only a tiny > precentage of a point below IE7. > > On the other hand, Opera comes in as the worst on all accounts. > > What shocks me is that IE6 is safer than Firefox 1.x > > Here is what they list: > > Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x > > 5.42% of all Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x installations were > detected as being insecure. > > This is based on 211,521 system installations. > > --------- > Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x > > 9.94% of all Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x installations were > detected as being insecure. > > This is based on 132,336 system installations. > > ------------ > Firefox 2.0x > > 5.47% of all Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x installations were detected as > being insecure. > > This is based on 166,856 system installations. > > ------------ > Firefox 1.x > > 38.16% of all Mozilla Firefox 1.x installations were detected as being > insecure. > > This is based on 39,930 system installations. > > -------------- > Opera 9.x > > 12.39% of all Opera 9.x installations were detected as being insecure. > > This is based on 46,034 system installations. > > ------------- > Opera 8.x > > 98.81% of all Opera 8.x installations were detected as being insecure. > > This is based on 3,878 system installations. > > ------------ > Opera 7.x > > 88.78% of all Opera 7.x installations were detected as being insecure. > > This is based on 820 system installations. The fact that "installations" are detected as insecure does not directly reflect on the browser used. It's a measure of how users set up their security systems more than anything else. If I decide not to use my firewall and, as a consequence, make my system insecure how is that a reflection on Firefox? -- Regards Steve G |