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Re: TIP: Are Your Browsers Fresh and Secured?

http://firewithin.gaia.com — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:30:06 GMT

Thanx for the notice. Better safe than sorry. I have not changed to Firefox but am considering it.

Re: TIP: Are Your Browsers Fresh and Secured?

http://coolmel.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:05 GMT

Good question, Samme.

Both leading browsers, IE and Firefox, do their best to improve their security feautres, e.g. through auto-updates.

But according to a recent study Firefox is more secured. See Study FInds Firefox Users Safest.

"Mozilla Firefox users are the safest Web surfers on the Internet, according to a study by The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google and IBM's Internet Security Services. According to the study Firefox users were the most likely to use an updated version of their browser.

"Researchers determined Firefox users are by far the safest Web surfers on the Web during an 18-month study. The study based its conclusions of safety on how often users of different browsers updated to the most recent version of browser software. Much of the credit to Firefox's safety ranking stems from its ease of self updating by the software. Unlike IE which has to update via Windows Update, Firefox has a self-contained updating mechanism which translates into Mozilla users being far more likely to have the most up-to-date (and safest) version of their browser." [read more]

However, it's still important to remember that safe browsing practices would go a long way on making your browsing safe and secured.

~C

Re: TIP: Are Your Browsers Fresh and Secured?

http://princesamwise.gaia.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:47:05 GMT

Thank you ~C4 for this great info.
I have a question though. I know Firefox is good and all and a lot of people are saying so. But how exactly is Firefox secure? Do I just have to take it by "faith"? Because in Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista OS I have those anti virus program and then on the IE browser there's that thing where it will tell you if the website you are is not a hoax (trying to look like another website to get your personal info and password, etc). In FF3 it doesn't have this, maybe in the background but can you expound more on how really "secure" Firefox is, if that is not too much to ask. Thank you,
Samme

TIP: Are Your Browsers Fresh and Secured?

http://coolmel.gaia.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:45:33 GMT

A recent study showed that 40% of people who surf the web don't bother with security updates. If you're one of the 40% of people who don't regularly update your browsers, please take the time to visit your browser's website for the latest versions and updates.

For Microsoft Internet Explorer Users:

Explorer 8 download area - http://www.microsoft.com/ie

Internet Explorer 8 and any other security updates available for your computer -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsupdate

For Mozilla Firefox users:

Firefox download are - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

For Apple Safari users:

Safari download area - http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

For Opera users:

Opera download area - http://www.opera.com/download/

For more tips on how to surf the web safely, check out http://surfthenetsafely.com/