Aug
6
2006

IE7 vs. Firefox 2: Which is more secure?

Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows

Both Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7, both in beta, are being positioned by their makers as the most secure web browsers for Windows, but which is really the best? ZDNet’s Ed Bott has written an in-depth comparison of the two browsers’ security features, which covers not only code vulnerabilities, but phishing and malware as well. Bott doesn’t indicate a clear winner, instead concluding that “Both IE7 and Firefox 2 add extra layers of protection and provide additional information to users to help them make intelligent decisions. In the final analysis, though, no browser can force a user to make smart or sane decisions. They can only point the right way.” The article, which includes a big screenshot gallery of the browsers’ screenshot features, is definitely worth a read if you’re following this second round of the browser war, of if you’re just trying to figure out what browser to recommend to your mom (mine uses Firefox).