Is Opera as secure as FF?

I like Opera better than IE or FF, but much that I read praises FF's security over IE, never mentioning Opera. I'm a careful user of the Internet. Is Opera safe enough?

 

Internet security is down to the user 90% of the time. in the other 10% of the time browsers are about equal at the moment. Just us whatever browser you feel most comfortable with, run regular anti-malware scans on your computer, and practice safe browsing.

 

Agreed 100%. Sorry nothing to add, just wanted to get that out there that I agree with someone :-D

 

Thank you!

Just to add to my earlier post, I would recommend downloading and installing all the major browsers. Try them out for an extended period of time, say about 2 weeks, and then make a decision on which one to keep after that. This will not harm your computer in any way at all. Just uninstall whichever ones you reject from add/remove programs or programs and features and you will be fine.

 

I personally use Opera simply because it is WAY faster than IE (and FF in my opinion)
Your safety comes from watching out where you go.

 

I agree with collinsl download all the browsers and use them for a period of time and make a choice of your personal favorite and then delete the ones you want to get rid off.

I personally did the same process and now I have mozilla minefield with IE8 for updates.

 

Thanks for all the replies. Glad to know that Opera is about as safe as the user lets it be. I have tried all the browsers that I know about, and I like Opera the best, even though there are things that I have to use IE or FF for.

 

Firefox is great for all its extensions / add_ons covering almost any specific need. Opera does not offer the same but, from a security point of view, it's much safer as all firefox extensions cannot be trusted safe !

magicyama

 

Browser security is relatively the same between all major browsers. Unfortunately, user initiated security problems are the same every browser as well.

*Bangs head against the wall*

 

*Joins in*

:-D

 

I don't have any extensions on my Firefox. I only use FF or IE when I come across something that doesn't work with Opera--which is too maddenly often to suit me. I have the feeling that IE 8 which I use with both Vista on my laptop and XP with SP3 on my desktop, is about as safe as Firefox--depending upon the user, of course.