techworld.com — Two weeks after a Microsoft study found the opposite. A Mozilla-commissioned study has given the anti-fraud features in the Firefox 2 browser high marks, finding they are much more effective than those in Internet Explorer 7.
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elnerdoNov 16, 2006
Yes, we need HUNDREDS of them. Just like we need hundreds of articles explaining why Sony sucks, and why George Bush is and idiot, and why Israel is using nuclear bomb on Pakistan, we just don't know it.
nyc10004Nov 16, 2006
Can we get an unbiased study? I've used both and I have to say, I still like Firefox, but I have to admit they did a good job with IE7. Like and dislike, in this situation, now really comes down to preference/bias
tylerni7Nov 16, 2006
Uhm well maybe you forgot Firefox's Phishing filter... Here's a little refresher <a class="user" href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/phishing-protection/</a> Maybe next time you should read up just a little before posting a comment like that.(And yes, I agree, that this study is biased because it is funded by Mozilla, just as the IE7 one is biased because it was funded my Microsoft or whatever.)
maverick999Nov 16, 2006
DUPE: <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/security/Report_Firefox_2_0_Trumps_IE7_In_Phish_Fighting">http://www.digg.com/security/Report_Firefox_2_0_Trumps_IE7_In_Phish_Fighting</a>
jedikvNov 16, 2006
However digg wont
antdudeNov 16, 2006
BugMeNot lets you read it. FYI the copy and paste version:Firefox 2 tops IE 7 in anti-phishing studyBy Matthew Broersma, TechworldA Mozilla-commissioned study has given the anti-fraud features in the Firefox 2 browser high marks, finding they are much more effective than those in Internet Explorer 7.The study, commissioned by Firefox maker Mozilla and carried out by SmartWare, comes on the heels of a Microsoft-commissioned study that found just the opposite - concluding that IE 7 led the pack.The SmartWare study, released on Tuesday, used 1,040 phishing sites as verified by the PhishTank community-powered anti-phishing service. It found that Firefox 2's blacklist feature blocked about 79 percent of the sites, while IE 7's whitelist-based Auto Check OFF blocked 16 of the sites, less than 2 percent.The study also compared Firefox 2's Ask Google feature, which checks sites against a Google-provided list of phishing sites, with IE 7's Auto Check ON, finding that the Firefox feature blocked 848 of the sites compared with 690 for IE 7.SmartWare noted that there were large gaps in which sites were blocked, with 243 cases where Firefox blocked a site but IE didn't, and 117 cases where IE blocked a site that was given the all-clear by Firefox.The browsers were tested over a period of two weeks using a custom web application tied into PhishTank's XML feed of scam URLs.Last month's Microsoft-funded study measured things quite differently, generating an "accuracy" score based on detection rates as well as other factors such as false positives and the effectiveness of the action taken when a site is flagged.In that study, IE 7 ended up with a score of 172, only four ahead Netcraft’s toolbar which scored 168. Firefox was a distant third with 106, eBay fourth on 92, Earthlink ScamBlocker fifth on 76, GeoTrust Trus****ch sixth with 67, Netscape 8.1 seventh with 56, and McAfee SiteAdvisor coming in last place with an almost useless 3.
harismNov 16, 2006
No, earlier study compared IE7 with Google toolbars web safety (installed on FF 1.5). Google's blacklist has most likely improved since and FF (Mozilla?) blacklist seems to do well. Anyway, this study compared blacklists not browsers, and there's no reason you couldn't choose used blacklist in IE7 as in FF2 :)
majkenNov 20, 2006
The method of the study done was actually audited to verify that it was asking the right questions in the right ways to get the right results.Quite simply, they had people check sites in Firefox and IE7 in all 4 modes, and tossed out results where the testers didn't check a site in both browsers within a certain number of minutes, to prevent a skew incase one browser updated their lists to block that site in the time since the first browser was tested.Read the Mozilla link, all the data is there, as well as a link to the results of the iSEC audit.
crossersJul 18, 2008
mmm guys I have question. I download IE7, but can't install it, cause my windows finds error what to do?<a class="user" href="http://www.leannrimes.info">http://www.leannrimes.info</a><a class="user" href="http://www.shpe-sac.org">http://www.shpe-sac.org</a><a class="user" href="http://www.pmidsig.org">http://www.pmidsig.org</a>