Firefox, iTunes, Skype Top Most Dangerous List

**MIG-31** · Jun 22, 2006, 06:55 AM

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Firefox, iTunes, and Skype were the top 3 applications in a list of 15 with the most security vulnerabilities, a Cambridge, Mass.-based security company said this week.

The list from Bit9 calls out applications frequently downloaded by individuals (and thus perhaps not sanctioned by the enterprise) which have at least one critical vulnerability, and that rely on the end user, not the corporate IT department, to manually patch or upgrade to fix bugs.

Erroneus · Jun 22, 2006, 07:52 AM

It's ten times more safe if the users download Firefox instead of using IE.

YAYitsAndrew · Jun 22, 2006, 11:32 AM

www.opera.com

Why use a browser at the front of the top-15 most insecure software list?

Erroneus · Jun 22, 2006, 12:03 PM

Opera is great, but it's missing extensions. Firefox is all about extensions.

And that list is BS, Firefox is not an insecure product. Yeah it got holes, such does Opera and IE. But Firefox and Opera fixes those holes, MS ignores alot of holes.

Jun 22, 2006, 06:55 AM	#1
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Jun 22, 2006, 07:52 AM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	It's ten times more safe if the users download Firefox instead of using IE. __________________

Jun 22, 2006, 11:32 AM	#3
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	www.opera.com Why use a browser at the front of the top-15 most insecure software list? __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com

Jun 22, 2006, 12:03 PM	#4
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Opera is great, but it's missing extensions. Firefox is all about extensions. And that list is BS, Firefox is not an insecure product. Yeah it got holes, such does Opera and IE. But Firefox and Opera fixes those holes, MS ignores alot of holes. __________________