browser opinion

ok guys their is some speculation im hereing and i want every ones opinion.......their is a list that i saw and fire fox is listed as one of windows top 10 worst apps to have that its extremly vonriable.....:confused....i have had it for like 3 years and had no problem. but with every ones oppinion...........what is the BEST browser to use?

 

Vulnerabilities often come with 3rd party applications (eg: plugins) and unsafe browsing habits.

The best browser is the one you feel most comfortable with.

 

You will find that there is a variety of opinions about which browser is the best.

Personally, I've used FF since Nov 2004 and love it. Prior to that I used IE. Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D would always flag some stuff to be removed. Since using FF I had sofar only 1 tracking cookie and that was just recently.

Safe browsing habits is always recommended in using all browsers, including Firefox.

 

So how does one define safe browsing habits anyway? Look both ways before crossing the street?

Serious question, what are the major dos and don'ts?

 

Saw the same item at tech-forums.net/pc/f50.firefox-named-most-vulnerable-windows-application-194000.
Firefox was #1 on the list.

 

I installed a Firexfox add-on "WOT" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=WOT&cat=all for googling and it even puts a "green" dot (safe) in email with hyperlinks in my Web email.

Another one is McAfee Site Advisor: http://www.majorgeeks.com/McAfee_SiteAdvisor_d5088.html which also helps to see suspected sites when googling. That in addition to all what Mark said about safer surfing.

 

MT the GURU of FF :heart And will :boxing any slight (as in verb) :-D

 

Good tip about not clicking on hyperlinks in unfamiliar emails. I don't think I've ever fallen for that, but you can never be too careful.

 

You're welcome Mark. One can hover with the mouse on the green dot and determine how safe the link is in emails and in google. Caution is still advised but that's up to the browser person isn't it? I didn't register with WOT though and therefore can't report any bad or good websites. That's up to others to determine. Don't want my privacy infringed by registering.

 

True, I don't ever even open unfamiliar emails. I just delete them unopened.

But what about emails from organizations that you are a member of and trust? There are non-profit organizations I'm a member of that I know would never deliberately try to dupe somebody like that.

 

You want to know something else? I am wary of MySpace. I think there are viruses lurking on there. My computer seems to have gotten gummed up on that site on a number of occasions.

 

MySpace, Facebook... all those have potential to use 3rd party scripts to easily inject maliciousness.

 

So, if I'm reading an email from Barnes & Noble or the NY Times or Amazon.com, I should not click on any hyperlink? Why? You're saying absolutely no source can be trusted?

 

the source can be spoofed. i got an email from myself that i obviously didnt send. hes saying you shouldnt click on the hyperlink directly, instead copy and paste it into a browser.

 

You know, I would agree that's good advice for the general public, but I'm exempting myself from that classification as a computer user. The embedded hyperlinks in HTML emails can not be readily copied when viewing email with Windows Mail, since the preview pane in Windows Mail does not provide a tab for viewing source code. So, adhering to the never-click rule would essentially make such mail just some mere reading material; if I wanted to see an article mentioned in the body of an email, I would have to go to the website and search for it.

I think a common sense, safe, approach for Internet-savvy email users is to know what newsletters and emails you should normally receive and apply some critical judgement to what you're viewing before you click any hyperlink. Reading a tutorial on spoofing, such as http://pages.ebay.com/education/spooftutorial/, is also something all email users should do.

Windows Mail is more secure that Outlook Express. It has a Junk E-mail folder that it automatically puts certain mail in. It may also flag a message deemed suspicious with a red shield with an X in it.

 

ok guys thanks for the replies and here is the link where they talk about this and like i said i have used ff for like 3 or 4 years and never had a probled at all so im all fire fox.http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21403 buy the way has anyone checked out the google browser??? if so how is it?
i stumbeld across this b/c i was looking for a program to help change my themms in xp service pack 3. and wound up here(the linked site). thanks agen