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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
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