Secunia: Firefox most vulnerable browser

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » April 16th, 2009, 16:00

Secunia: Firefox most vulnerable browser
Security firm Secunia has named Firefox as the most vulnerable browser out there after totting up the number of vulnerability reports it published throughout 2008.

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Publish Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:39:08 +0100
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Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » April 16th, 2009, 18:01

Bit-tech has it outlined very well, it's much easier to find vurnelabilities in Firefox due to it being open source, and therefore Firefox devs probably fix the serious ones first, while I'd bet that the 31 public IE security holes are there since 1.0, and are quite serious ones as well.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » April 16th, 2009, 18:13

Yes, but why does it keep crashing?
It started doing it way before I installed any add-ons...

I know Deject cited a probable cause once, but I can't find the thread any more...

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » April 16th, 2009, 18:18

Belgian AIDS? It's not crashing for me.

Post by **Dog Pants** » April 16th, 2009, 19:16

Also, so many more people use IE that hackers are more likely to go for that and ignore FF.

Post by **HereComesPete** » April 16th, 2009, 19:23

Mr. Johnson wrote:Yes, but why does it keep crashing?
It started doing it way before I installed any add-ons...

Clean all trace of it off your pc with something like ccleaner.

Look for a list of known programs that spack it up, like anti-vir stuff that offers automajic homepage hijack protection and bits of IE lying about.

If you find any turn it all off and let a fresh install of FF do it itself.

Get your trusted add-ons back and curse the fact that you forgot to save/write down all your passwords or save a profile.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » April 16th, 2009, 19:36

HereComesPete wrote:Get your trusted add-ons back and curse the fact that you forgot to save/write down all your passwords or save a profile.

Passwords are stored in key3.db and signons.sqlite (or similar, depending on version). Do backup your profile folder (Run: "%APPDATA%/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/"), but for best results use it to cherrypick items to put in a fresh profile.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » April 16th, 2009, 19:39

Thanks dudes, will do.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » April 16th, 2009, 19:42

Dog Pants wrote:Also, so many more people use IE that hackers are more likely to go for that and ignore FF.

Well, professionals anyway. Script kiddies probably exploit easy-to-use minor flaws to inflate their e-penises.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » April 16th, 2009, 19:54

Apparently the new beta (3.5b4) arrives next week, which may well be worth waiting for. Depending on your extensions, of course.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » April 16th, 2009, 21:12

Passwords should also be kept in Keepass, or the like.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » April 16th, 2009, 21:27

spoodie wrote:Passwords should also be kept in Keepass, or the like.

or in your mind, or on a piece of paper (I know, someone could just walk away with it, but a lot of the time, that's much less likely than some software hole fucking you over)