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Symantec Rethinks Firefox vs IE Vulnerabilities

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the double-think dept.

chill writes "Last September security software vendor Symantec issued a report claiming IE had fewer critical flaws than Firefox and thus was more secure. Well, it seem they have now rethought that position. 'How we did it before wasn't a fair comparison,' said Oliver Friedrichs, the senior manager of Symantec's security response group. 'It wasn't an apples to apples comparison.' The key was vendor acknowledged critical vulnerabilities. Thus, if Microsoft (or the Mozilla Foundation) didn't agree it was critical, then it didn't get counted."

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  1. imagine that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    profit motive = incentive to lie

    I'm SHOCKED!

  2. So Symantec hates microsoft now?? by nich37ways · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the latest TCO Microsoft is great checks failed to appear this week....

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    37 - what does it stand for really...
  3. A Scenario by BumpyCarrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Symantec: Internet Explorer feasted on my childs bones.

    Microsoft: We don't consider that critical.

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    Do you see what I did there?
  4. Symantec tests windows xp by Centurix · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We have substatially tested Windows XP and have found the operating system to be completely bug free. Out tests were conducted in a time period of 1 minute, which contains 60 seconds. As all seconds are effectively the same, we can safely say that Windows XP will be safe for all future occurances of seconds."

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    Task Mangler
  5. Damn by pHatidic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh shit I'm going to have to switch back now! Do you have any idea how long it took to get IE running on Linux?