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» Is the Firefox honeymoon over?

Firefox not only has more vulnerabilities per month than Internet Explorer, but it is now surpassing Internet Explorer for the number of exploits available for public download in recent months.

Here is a break down of recent vulnerabilities:

Month	Firefox 1.x Vulnerabilities	IE 6.x Vulnerabilities
Sept 2005	1	0
Aug 2005	0	4
July 2005	10	1
June 2005	2	1
May 2005	3	1
Apr 2005	9	3
Mar 2005	15	0
Total	40	10

 

Here is a break down of recent published exploits: 

Month	Firefox Exploits	IE Exploits
Sept 2005	1	0
Aug 2005	0	3
July 2005	4	1
June 2005	0	0
May 2005	4	0
April 2005	2	2
Total	11	6

 

Read the whole article here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=103

 

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