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Symantec Gives IE a Helping Hand: Firefox Is More Vulnerable Than IE Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report	By Tudor Raiciu, Technology and Science Editor 20th of September 2005, 14:09 GMT Adjust text size:


Symantec's new report on security contains some interesting data about Firefox. In the authors' opinions, Firefox is getting more attention than Internet Explorer from hackers and therefore it is more vulnerable. The report says that 25 flaws have been reported over the six months for Firefox, 18 of them being rated as high severity. The high severity rating means an exploit that takes advantage of a flaw, the consequence being the system's compromise. For Internet Explorer, 13 vulnerabilities have been identified, only 8 of them being rated as high severity. Symantec takes into account only the flaws acknowledged by the producers, the ones reported by the security organizations being disregarded. For the same period, Secunia reported 19 flaws for Internet Explorer and only three for Firefox. But the issue is a little bit more complicated and Symantec admits that among the flaws, only Internet Explorer's were exploited. This week, Softpedia would like to know your opinion on gaming consoles. What is your favorite console you either own or you are planning to buy? Are you an Xbox fan or a Playstation fan? Has Xbox360 convinced you it's time to buy one? Or you'll wait for the PS3? Express your opinion here.

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Comment #1 by: wwwluckyro on 20 Sep 2005, 22:18 GMT	reply to this comment
hmmm... I Agree with them. But that`s the problem when you are the best. And Firefox is the best.

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