re: Firewalls, antivirus software and USB modem
Monday, April 2, 2007 at 6:08 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Peter
(243 messages posted)
These have been addressed.Current FF version is 2.0.0.3
The main point is that to many creators of Malware,Microsoft is fair game, it is
the target.Add to that the market share of IE and the result is that the risk of
infection is drastically lower with FF.
On Monday, April 2, 2007 at 5:59 am, Larry wrote:
>"Despite Mozilla's ongoing security efforts, Firefox has come under intense scrutiny
>from Michal Zalewski, a well-known independent security researcher who has published
>a collection of previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in the browser during the
>month of February. And on the eve of Mozilla's release of the revamped browser,
dubbed
>Firefox 2.0.0.2, Zalewski published information about yet another flaw in the product
>involving a memory corruption issue that could allow attackers to take control of
>computers running the software. Phishing and spoofing threats are among the attacks
>likely to be aimed at the latest issue, according to Zalewski." http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/23/HNbrowservuln_1.html
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