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Viruses and spyware are often FUD
"Viruses and spyware are often aimed at IE because of its near-total market dominance."

3 things to say about this..

1. Active X and XSS plague I.E.
2. XSS hacks still work in I.E. but not Firefox
3. This statement is speculation and pure FUD.
Posted by: FreeBSD   Posted on: 01/21/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Viruses and spyware are often FUD  FreeBSD | 01/21/05
Also..  FreeBSD | 01/21/05
Yea  IT Scion | 01/21/05
Are you stupid?  FreeBSD | 01/22/05
A web server needs a GUI because...  Hugh Jass | 01/22/05
have you tried to get IIS running?  hipparchus2000 | 01/23/05
IIS  Grayson Peddie | 01/22/05
Hope you're a young man  AmusedAtItAll | 01/22/05
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA  htotten | 01/26/05
And then He can get  E=McSquared | 01/26/05
Wow, that's an excellent point.  el1jones | 01/22/05
Uneducated writers writing humbug  chiwawa | 01/21/05
Great point chiwawa - I liked this one, too:  mlindl | 01/22/05
Uneducated readers writing complaints  oasis268 | 01/22/05
As if  Omch'Ar | 01/23/05
People can parrot the Redmond line all they want  chiwawa | 01/26/05
Psychology of Hacks  PMC-CON | 01/28/05
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!  toadlife | 01/21/05
That is really sweet  Jeff Spicoli | 01/22/05
FUD helps Firefox's gaining.  pa2004 | 01/21/05
FUD helps Firefox's gaining???  AmusedAtItAll | 01/21/05
FUD. Yet another meaningless "word" tossed around by trolls  James T. Kirk | 01/21/05
Flame Bait all the way  nucrash | 01/21/05
Pathetic  Letophoro | 01/21/05
Where's little Mikey been?  drichards1953 | 01/22/05
You sound like Mike Cox  CobraA1 | 01/24/05
can't buy a Dell with firefox  sbj | 01/21/05
free download  DarthRidiculous | 01/22/05
Sorry, but in order to enjoy........  Prognosticator | 01/22/05
firefox  timswish@... | 01/22/05
Tabbed Browsing available for MSIE !  xtoptech@... | 01/25/05
Ditto!  slurpee | 01/27/05
English translation  Knorthern Knight | 01/22/05
Which beaches are you surfing?  Squawkbox | 01/23/05
I'll bet you $1000.....  hion2000 | 01/23/05
Rich, aren't we?!  Anton Philidor | 01/24/05
Shouldn't your username be...  Omch'Ar | 01/23/05
I've never run into that  voska | 01/24/05
IE-specifc services  bhayes@... | 01/26/05
Front Page?  slurpee | 01/27/05
Let's look at IE's default settings....  Hugh Jass | 01/22/05
They atack IE because it is easy, ok people hate MS, and it has over 90%  DonnieBoy | 01/22/05
Browser ID settings  ReFoRMaT | 01/22/05
why would microsoft make IE better?  hipparchus2000 | 01/22/05
When it gets to 50%, let us know  ejhonda | 01/22/05
I use all sorts of stuff like e-banking, e-telephone bill site, webshops et  hipparchus2000 | 01/22/05
Shock games don't work? That's news to me  Squawkbox | 01/23/05
Shockwave games work perfectly here  CobraA1 | 01/24/05
re: I use all sorts of stuff like e-banking, e-telephone bill site, webshop  Arlyss | 01/27/05
ditto....no issues...including embedding now  sent2null | 01/29/05
Re: When it gets to 50%, let us know  bhartman24 | 01/22/05
I use FF at home and work  ejhonda | 01/24/05
I've bumped into sites the IE won't work with  voska | 01/24/05
FF on sans.org  genome | 01/24/05
Is 23% good enough?  S.Howard-Sarin ZDNet Moderator | 01/24/05
Not Surprising  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/24/05
Still a record nonetheless, and I think it's appealing to non-techies also  CobraA1 | 01/24/05
Ahhh but....  PA-ITGuy | 01/25/05
I'm no Techie  cjm_z | 01/27/05
Not just tech sites.  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/25/05
that good but misleading  IT Scion | 01/26/05
FireFox's popularity may eventually attract the attention of malicious code  Squawkbox | 01/22/05
Firefox is a must for older systems..  thetruth_z | 01/22/05
Netscape  donashugh | 01/23/05
You're preaching to the choir here.  Squawkbox | 01/23/05
um...Open Source?  hion2000 | 01/23/05
Re: um...Open Source?  ReFoRMaT | 01/23/05
OK, Let's define it like this then...  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
Open Source Reviewing  bhartman24 | 01/24/05
That and closed sources companies can deny it  voska | 01/24/05
Catching Bugs  bhartman24 | 01/25/05
The only people 'reviewing' the source code...  obrad | 01/27/05
Remember Carl Sagan?  PMC-CON | 01/28/05
Right On . . . .  tcg25 | 01/26/05
Firefox  bgms | 01/26/05
Style  mtg_z | 01/23/05
Lack of CSS support???  K B | 01/23/05
Are you crazy?!?  hion2000 | 01/23/05
Causing me problems...  Mike Cox | 01/23/05
Message has been deleted.  Squawkbox | 01/23/05
Consider yourself lucky...  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
6.5  Real World | 01/24/05
That's disgusting behavior  bill@... | 01/25/05
why disgusting ....  kp3649 | 01/26/05
Mmmm not very good policy...  kokuryu | 01/26/05
How odd.  Tony3101 | 01/26/05
"you could do better than to call people liars in a forum!"  daniel7c7d | 01/27/05
Mike, That sure is good bait your using!  cjm_z | 01/27/05
Flashkey Funzies  robertltux | 01/26/05
Obviously a False Story  PMC-CON | 01/28/05
FANTASTIC!! Good solid competition makes everyone  Laff | 01/23/05
Consumer websites  Anton Philidor | 01/23/05
Business and Home use  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
Security as a sales advantage  Anton Philidor | 01/24/05
Concern for profit  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
A wall, not a bunker.  Anton Philidor | 01/24/05
Security is driving FireFox  voska | 01/24/05
Reached the limit of the discussion  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
Nice Post / Analysis  PMC-CON | 01/28/05
FF is good, but I still prefer IE...  ObiWayneKenobi | 01/23/05
Why "trolls" prefer FF  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
Windows bigotry  tic swayback | 01/24/05
Many Misconceptions  PMC-CON | 01/28/05
Now Now...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/24/05
I think it's some we will have to get used to  voska | 01/24/05
Not just a media frenzie...  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
Evolution  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/24/05
Re: Evolution  Anti_Zealot | 01/25/05
Open standards allow for evolution  tic swayback | 01/25/05
To Tic Swayback  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/25/05
Very right  Anti_Zealot | 01/24/05
Standards  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 01/24/05
John, you kill me  JasonL31 | 01/24/05
What sites have you gone to?  sauerb01@... | 01/26/05
More to the question what sites have YOU gone too?  Jamik | 01/26/05
I can run executables from the FF  voska | 01/24/05
You must love viruses  CobraA1 | 01/24/05
You must be joking, right!  Grayson Peddie | 01/24/05
So what you're saying...  Omch'Ar | 01/24/05
i have to ask...  Monkey_MCSE | 01/24/05
I'm not joking, and I'm not taking it back either  CobraA1 | 01/24/05
You all misunderstood...  ObiWayneKenobi | 01/25/05
FF is good, but I still prefer IE...  Gregory.J.Bradley@... | 01/26/05
PRIME EXAMPLE OF MICROSOFT STUPIDITY  itanalyst | 01/23/05
ROTFLMAO  Squawkbox | 01/23/05
hahaha  ecbpro | 01/24/05
Message has been deleted.  Jeff Spicoli | 01/24/05
You should try getting to Tromso (NT)  Letophoro | 01/24/05
ms knew this would happen someday  JasonL31 | 01/24/05
Compare The Most Famous Example of Open- vs. Closed Source  bill@... | 01/25/05
Circular logic  rwgreene | 01/26/05
Firefox hackers  dennisling@... | 01/25/05
how do they earn a living  rwgreene | 01/26/05
FF attracting hackers...  WillemGrooters | 01/26/05
Firefox / Mozilla  edjcox@... | 01/26/05
So Did I!  flyday611 | 01/26/05
are you sure it was from FF?  tinball | 01/27/05
FireFox is a pain!  kp3649 | 01/26/05
Where did this "Firefox" come from?  Taylor_z | 01/26/05
Ease your pain - Protect Yourself  terryp90@... | 01/27/05
Ease OUR pain - Protect Yourself  Jiim_z | 02/17/05
Firefox is my choice  kewlsugr@... | 01/26/05
Try em all  bobb88 | 01/26/05
Firefox is not everyones choice  Tony3101 | 01/26/05
FireFox an immediate necessity  Laurie53 | 01/26/05
FoxfireVsIE  GrumpyDan | 01/26/05
No confidence in Firefox - after seeing Thunderbird  Emilio_z | 01/26/05
Firefox is the BEST!  computer_master103 | 01/26/05
Firefox draws hackers?  shujin | 01/26/05
It really doesn't Matter  Bob Hughes | 01/26/05
Sure it will attract some  agottschald | 01/26/05
fox versus IE  chanakya | 01/27/05
FireFox continues gains  stevezd | 01/27/05
IE Back-Doors vs FireFox guarded doors  RexBallard | 01/27/05
Firefox willl NEVER be hacked...  merlinregis | 01/27/05
Firefox willl NEVER be hacked  stevezd | 01/27/05
OF COURSE it will!  golowenow | 01/27/05
Should we choose the red honey or blue honey?  eantolik@... | 01/27/05
Do you think Firefox's increased popularity will attract hackers  IT be me | 01/27/05
Firefox? There May Be Better...  mrbiz@... | 01/31/05
How does one become a hacker of FireFox?  Amy Elliot | 04/14/05

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