One of the main reasons for the Firefox browser's successful seizure of market share from Microsoft's Internet Explorer is the desire to escape the inundation of PC-slowing spyware. However, spyware experts indicate that with its increased popularity, Firefox itself will become a target for spyware creators, who are already poking at the open source browser alternative.
It's true. Surely Firefox will only stay free from Spyware as long as its market share stays relatively low.
"Firefox was written for the existing world of Internet Explorer exploits, but it has its own vulnerabilities that will be exploited."
"The more popular a platform gets, the more likely it is to come under attack. ...I don't think [Firefox] is going to be immune from that. If you go wide like this, you have to expect that your product will be exposed to a trial by fire."
Yes but Firefox is better written and vulnrabilities are patched very quickly.
So you will still be better off.
Of course nothing beats the links browser for safety
Posted by: Bill Gates | Wednesday, February 09, 2005 at 02:22 PM