Switch to Firefox Now . . . I Mean It

The Washington Post's expert on computer security, Brian Krebs, has compared major browsers for their security in 2006 and reports the following:

For a total 284 days in 2006 (or more than nine months out of the year), exploit code for known, unpatched critical flaws in pre-IE7 versions of [Internet Explorer] was publicly available on the Internet. Likewise, there were at least 98 days last year in which no software fixes from Microsoft were available to fix IE flaws that criminals were actively using to steal personal and financial data from users.
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In contrast, Internet Explorer's closest competitor in terms of market share -- Mozilla's Firefox browser -- experienced a single period lasting just nine days last year in which exploit code for a serious security hole was posted online before Mozilla shipped a patch to remedy the problem.

You've heard us say this before: Switch from IE to Firefox for a better and safer browser.