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Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7

Posted by Zonk on from the hi-ya dept.

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."'"

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  1. That's wonderful by donutello · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm glad they got the phishing filter right over less important things like not crashing all the time.

    I'll take Firefox 1.5 without the phishing filter, thank you.

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    Mmmm.. Donuts
  2. Just to play Devil's Advocate. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Im sorry explain how allowing everyone to see the code and have the loopholes publicly discussed as they are being repaired help? By your argument, it its open source that means the phishing sites have access to the code and can parse it easily for loophole and design flaws. So yes open source allows you to stay ahead in security, whilest constantly updating the software, the phishing sites just need to stay one step ahead of whatever is being delt with at the time.

    Its funny you guys plug open source to the death, and yet still Windows is ahead of the game. Why? Because those involved in open source never get around to programming what most users want. Only what they want. Dont bitch cuz Gates is giving the market what it wants. Fight fire with fire. I for one would totally jump ship on Windows if any brand of linux could meet 3 simple criteria.

    1) Simpler Installation
    2) Simpler more intuitive GUI
    3) GAMES WITHOUT EMULATORS. And no the three games of which Quake is one are not enough! Quake SUCKS. Bring World of Warcraft into the fold and you will give MS a run for its money.