I just bought a new computer and added firefox to it . Is this really gonna give me extra protection?

Question

I've heard and read that firefox is a safer way to surf the net. Is this really true?

Answer 1

You bet! Internet Explorer is worse than Swiss cheese in front of a hungry mouse - while Firefox is brought to you by real developers that understand security and good programming. Firefox comes from the Linux/FOSS world, where the Good Guys live!

Firefox does NOT 'phone home' or otherwise contain spyware. How do I know? THE ENTIRE SOURCE CODE FOR FIREFOX IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE for examination, modification (add new features, fix 'bugs'), or use in other shared-source programs! There are NO secrets in open source software - none at all!

In fact, peer review is WHY Firefox is such an astounding product. Because its code is public, anyone can share their thoughts and ideas on improvements - and any skilled person has instant ability to present their ideas to the team of maintainers. Imagine the quality that Microsoft could achieve if they would use the same technique AND freely share the results back to the world!

Glad that you use Firefox, Ron. But why stop there? Go to http://pclinuxos.com, download and burn the ISO named pclinuxos-p93a-junior.iso, then BOOT the CD from your CD drive, and go on the Internet. No security concerns at all. You are running a fully configured Linux/FOSS operating system - a properly secured and totally free alternative to Windows XP. No need for anything else, such as extra-cost virus scanners or firewalls.

Feel free (pun intended) to copy the CD and give it away. It's free, it works, and it's legal. And, after you build up your confidence, you can create a dual boot system right there on your hard drive, picking Linux or Windows at boot time.

My guess is that you will soon be ignoring the Redmond Monopoly OS in favor of a better idea.

Answer 2

The ONLY way it is a little more protection is because hackers usually target microsoft product. But that is only for web browsing. Other than that, it has the same vulnerabilitis as any other browser. Is not what you use to browse with that is dangerous, it is where you go on the internet and what you download. Firefox offers no protection from downloading stuff or if a webpage has a virus. It will come through if you have nothing else protecting you (firewalls, virus scan, zone security). Get McAfee or Norton, pay the $20-40 dollars a year for virus scan protection. There are a lot of people trying to attack your CPU and somethigns, just by click on them, will download and write themselves to the registry. Personally I think half the viruses out there are by the people who are offering your protection from them. Kind of like the mafia, we offer you protection and if you don't pay, we will screw things up until you do pay.

Answer 3

Firefox is More Safer and Faster than IE, Anti Pop-ups, Anti-spyware and tabbed Browsing.

Here you can download Firefox1.5 with Google Toolbar for Free:
http://free.my-donation.com/firefox.html

Good Luck to You.

Answer 4

Yes it will. Way better than internet explorer. Netscape 8.1 has good security fetures also, but if you want to surf the web fast and secure u should use firefox.

Answer 5

In a way, yes. It has better security features than Internet Explorer, which is quite unstable.

But you still musn't forget firewalls, antivirus programs, antispyware programs etc;

Answer 6

firefox is good but always have your firewall /anti virus / anti spyware/anti trojans anti worm software as back up and rember when firefox says there is update for it do a full scan coz firefox updates carry spyware