I just wanna know what browser you think is the safest, my father is always talkings about a safe computer, but we still use IE and that doesn't seem to be the best at that part so I want your opinion.

-=Jeroen=-

This post has been edited by microscopic^earthling: Jun 29 2005, 05:48 AM

Firefox - go for it.. I wouldn't settle for anything else. While it won't allow you to view ActiveX control based pages - it cuts out 60% of the security risk Right There. These activex controls are the worst source of spyware/adware & worms. Firefox by default blocks a horde of different kinds of malware scripts - which would run with all glee on IE.. so there

BTW, warbird - are u German ? Or Dutch ? Dunno - which one, but one of them use "V" in the place of "F" - the way you did here.. Germans I think..

This post has been edited by microscopic^earthling: Jun 29 2005, 05:53 AM

This shouldnt even be up to debate. Mozilla Firefox hands down. Internet Explorer will kill your computer. Back when I was using it, I had to do a system restore every few weeks. Its just really crap at blocking out spyware and adware. I started using Firefox, and I nolonger have problems with spyware and adware. I would recomend Firefox aboce any other browser.

I recommend Firefox.

1. Firefox blocks out all spyware and adware off picture files
2. IE doesn't have the security update yet
3. Firefox has more security updates than IE
4. My favourite game's company uses Firefox, so i think that Firefox is more secure

Yes Firefox seems to be the safest browser out but just to add as a side track that with security these days the safest place for your computer is in chains in a safe at the bottom of the ocean - why do i say this you ask, due to a securtiy risk that no browser has fixed skilled flash programers can emulate a site login for any browser and it doesnt show the root of the pop up so even microsoft can be faked 100 % this was posted as a topic here on astahost unfortunately i cant find it to link so i described it as briefly as possible - any1 who remembers trhe post or link please post it here thanks.

Happy surfing

Reaver

I totally agree. Well, I remember a security thing where Javascript could be used to cover your normal address bar address with a different one, so you can forge microsoft or bank addresses. As most people use Internet Explorer the hackers targeted IE so it didn't work on Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox showed the address was fake because the bar was out of position

I would have to honestly say mozilla firefox, its been easy and good.

Firefox is safe but its not perfectly safe. There are still exploits. In recent past version updates (from 1.01-1.04) were resleased in a short span of time(meaning more and more expolits were found). The good thing is that they were released.

Do wacth out for following things.

1-Plugins exploits (flash java etc)
2-Counterfit XUL Apps
3-Malecious Websites offering downlaods with torjans viruses.

That said I think that Mozilla Suite should have been counted once only ...and KHTML based browsers (Safarai, Konqueror) should have been added to the list

I'd have to agree with the vast majority of users here... Mozilla Firefox offers the best safety v/s functionality.

However, old shell users might recall an even safer browser albeit with rather limited functionality. Yes! I'm talking about that old symbol and leading cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndroms in the mid-90s - Lynx .

Without a doubt... the safest way to browse the web.

This is the easiest vote I have casted in my life so far. I don't think it is needed to tell to whom I have voted.
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Offcourse Firefox.
This browser is truly amazing. There were days when I used to get a lot of spywares/viruses through IE but now there is no problem like this. First I have installed Firefox at my home. Now I am forcing my office collegues to use Firefox instead of IE. ( It is really a tough task because some of my collegues have never heard about this because we are partner of Microsoft.)