Comment Oh Symantec (Score 1) 366
Symantec the-company-that-sells-security-software-oriented- to-Microsoft-products says Firefox isn't really that much more secure than IE:
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39 152423,00.htm
But Symantec the-company-that-sells-security-information (through its controlled company SecurityFocus) says IE 6 SP2 has 57 unpatched vulnerabilities, compared to Firefox's 3:
http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?l=1 &c=12&vendor=Microsoft&version=6.0%20SP2&title=Int ernet%20Explorer
http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?l=1 &c=12&vendor=Mozilla&version=1.0.6&title=Firefox
http://www.symantec.com/press/2002/n020717.html
Hmm, conflict of interests...?
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,3
But Symantec the-company-that-sells-security-information (through its controlled company SecurityFocus) says IE 6 SP2 has 57 unpatched vulnerabilities, compared to Firefox's 3:
http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?l=
http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?l=
http://www.symantec.com/press/2002/n020717.html
Hmm, conflict of interests...?