Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7

An anonymous reader writes "A new study that pitted the anti-phishing technology in Firefox 2.0 against that of IE7 generated some interesting results. From the Washingtonpost.com story: 'Firefox blocked 243 phishing sites that IE7 overlooked, while IE7 locked 117 sites that Firefox did not.' Microsoft responded by pointing to its own supposed comparison study that put it in front of Mozilla and others in phish fighting, but the story notes: '3Sharp, the company that authored the Microsoft study, clearly state on their site that their goal in creating 3Sharp was "to use the robustness, flexibility, and sheer native capabilities of the Microsoft communication and collaboration technologies to enhance the business of our customers."'"

Comments

Re:You have to consider...

[IDontAgreeWithYou]

Yes, but if the browser is trying to detect phishing, you also need to get around it.

Re:MS will always struggle here

[Timesprout]

They could but MS with the bulk of the browser market share and massive cash reserves is far more like to attract the 'You blacklisted us, we want $500 Million in damages' type of lawsuit where the plantiff is really aiming for an out of court settlement to go away. Moz are just not as financially sweet a target.