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**Mack** · 08-02-2008, 07:13 PM

I personally like firefox as its tidy and has some nice addons. It's my default browser and I use it 99% of the time

However, the talk of activex being a vunrability confuses me because in internet explorer you have the option to install activex or not. So I don't see the problem or am I missing something?

Is all this talk of activex simply propaganda? A common aspect of internet is the fast spread of mis.. and disinformation. We read something and assume truth without proof. I'm not suggesting that that's the case here, however possible it might be.

For example, the above articles were without substance. Some mention of pop-up blocker being deficient in IE (My IE pop-up always worked) and activex which was "ActiveX isn’t inherently evil as it does have some good uses (Windows Update requires ActiveX, for example) - but it can become evil very quickly."

That was prity much the argument. So now we all walk away thinking Internet explorer is evil and can't block adds and Firefox is soo much safer for us and we better just run and get it.

Has anyone searched for vulnerabilities in Firefox?

Before you get too comfortable:-
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Ze...la-Scrambling/
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/...lla-firefox-30

Ok rant over sorry for bump but I am interested in this.

08-02-2008, 07:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mack I Don't Know Yet.. Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 484 OS: Xp Pro 64Bit/Vista Home 32Bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Firefox as free software I personally like firefox as its tidy and has some nice addons. It's my default browser and I use it 99% of the time However, the talk of activex being a vunrability confuses me because in internet explorer you have the option to install activex or not. So I don't see the problem or am I missing something? Is all this talk of activex simply propaganda? A common aspect of internet is the fast spread of mis.. and disinformation. We read something and assume truth without proof. I'm not suggesting that that's the case here, however possible it might be. For example, the above articles were without substance. Some mention of pop-up blocker being deficient in IE (My IE pop-up always worked) and activex which was "ActiveX isn’t inherently evil as it does have some good uses (Windows Update requires ActiveX, for example) - but it can become evil very quickly." That was prity much the argument. So now we all walk away thinking Internet explorer is evil and can't block adds and Firefox is soo much safer for us and we better just run and get it. Has anyone searched for vulnerabilities in Firefox? Before you get too comfortable:- http://secunia.com/advisories/19631/ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Ze...la-Scrambling/ http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/...lla-firefox-30 Ok rant over sorry for bump but I am interested in this.