goldhound Posted December 18, 2010 ID:362725 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Input from experts and opinions from others welcome I have stayed with Firefox for a few years now, there have been some rough patches but the time spent with old versions of IE left me so angry that it created a mental block about ever going back. Lately i have caved a bit and tried IE 9 beta with mixed results. I do not like the "feel" of it and that may be due to my being in a rut.Also have been trying chrome and am not convinced that it is as safe.A prime question for me is the actual benefits of FireFox addons regarding security. eg, noscript, better privacy, ghostery. I am not comfortable anymore without them, am i overreacting to web security issues? Do IE 9 or Chrome have similar addons available or in the works? I know that ghostery works on Chrome and IE9 has new security measures also.Flat out speed re page rendering is over rated IMO as i can easily live with a few nano secs slower I have noted that it seems all browsers can become corrupted or clumsy over time. I had to wipe my Firefox profile and create another about a year ago but partly if not largely due to a conflict with a Norton patch.Anybody want to educate me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted December 18, 2010 ID:362739 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Chrome and Firefox are far safer then IE due to the active x technology so ether will be better. But I really don't know much about browser security.Edit: Look at this topic started by Shy. http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s...t=0&start=0Another browser topic. http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?s...st&p=215022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldhound Posted December 18, 2010 Author ID:362751 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Thanks Buttons,I am aware of the speed comparisons and they matter very little to me. I am looking for hard knowledge regarding real or perceived security regarding various browsers mostly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted December 18, 2010 ID:362766 Share Posted December 18, 2010 You're welcome. GT500 knows a bit so maybe he'll jump in quick and provide something useful for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comprev Posted December 18, 2010 ID:362767 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Opera is also supposed to be good.I wonder how Netscape would have been Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted December 18, 2010 ID:362768 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Firefox is Netscape under the hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelenina Posted December 19, 2010 ID:362806 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Firefox is safer when it comes to drive-by downloads and exploits. From my experience with testing them, Firefox somehow automatically crashes itself when it encounters one. Internet Explorer does not. There have been a few Phoenix Exploit kits that have successfully exploited Firefox and Adobe Reader 9 without any human interaction, but not many of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
byte_king Posted December 19, 2010 ID:362807 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I personally think Opera is a very secure "niche" browser. At least it's more secure than FF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldhound Posted December 19, 2010 Author ID:362825 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Firefox is safer when it comes to drive-by downloads and exploits. From my experience with testing them, Firefox somehow automatically crashes itself when it encounters one. Internet Explorer does not. There have been a few Phoenix Exploit kits that have successfully exploited Firefox and Adobe Reader 9 without any human interaction, but not many of them.Good! Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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