"I don't think that Internet Explorer is any less secure than any other browser out there"

On News.com, Microsoft's Ben English says, "I don't think that Internet Explorer is any less secure than any other browser out there."

Come on... how can anyone say that with a straight face? Seriously, I'm as big a Microsoft fan boy as anyone, but that's laughable. I got drive by spyware using IE, and I'm a careful geek. That's when I switched to Firefox (which also does a better job blocking pops).

2 Comments

  • That's because IE is a better target for spywares (with over 90% of market share), and not because it's less secured.

    Firefox has enough vulnerabilities to exploit:

    http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html

  • That's a predictable response, and a cop out. If you have that kind of market dominance, you then have the responsibility to make secure software.

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