Most secure browser? [modified]
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Henry Minute wrote:
I nominate myself as the most insecure browser.
Do you get offended easily? Well do you, wimp? ;P
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*EDIT* After Shog's post I investigated and the Avast log shows the warning came from a IE cache folder, not Firefox. So an instance of IE must have been running withing Firefox or within some other malware. It could have been an IE tab within Firefox, although I don't recall switching a tab to IE. Nonetheless I feel really bad for publicly blaming Firefox, just because it seemed the obvious culprit - but I should have looked for proof. BTW I am running IE 7 and up to date with patches - so I'm baffled which security hole was exploited here. Firefox 3.0.6 seems to have a security hole. I guess I was wrong in thinking that the latest version of Firefox is secure enough to prevent malware installing itself on my computer. And on top of that Avast! didn't quite manage to prevent it either. It did give some warning, but didn't prevent 'XP Police' (a fake antivirus proggie) from installing itself and disabling Avast! and disabling Task manager. So from the command line I managed to kill it:
taskkill /F /IM xppolice.exeEDIT: Malwarebytes' scanner/fixer seems pretty effective (trial): http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html[^] So is Chrome more secure? Or which browser(s) are likely to be the most secure?modified on Friday, February 13, 2009 9:30 PM
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Ashley van Gerven wrote:
it's regarded widely as the secure alternative to the exploit-prone IE.
Who regards it as the secure alternative to IE? Apparently, only people who fall victim to the myths and propaganda. Take a look at this page, and scroll down to the "Security" section: http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html[^]
Interesting, it says Opera is the most secure. I still believe Firefox is more secure than IE though.
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Ashley van Gerven wrote:
temporary internet folder path
FWIW, if it was <profile>\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files, then IE had its hand in the matter somewhere. FF uses a different location for its cache / downloads.
You're actually right - I investigated the Avast log and it showed Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 :~ Now I feel really stupid for blaming Firefox :sigh: Thanks for the tip.
