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Information Technology News Browser minefield: 637 million potential disasters waiting to blow up | Browser minefield: 637 million potential disasters waiting to blow up |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 03 July 2008 | |
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You probably won't be surprised to learn which browsers were kept up to date and which weren't. 83.3 percent of Firefox users were found to be running the most secure version. At the other extreme, less than half (47.6 percent) of Internet Explorer users were up to date. Two main factors seem to be at work. To Firefox's benefit, the browser makes it very quick and easy to install updates without the user having to initiate the process (depending on the settings). Consequently, the researchers found most users updated Firefox within three days of a new public release. The main reason people seem to have for not keeping Firefox up to date is the desire to keep using add-ons that may not work with the latest version. So what's the story with Internet Explorer and the other big browsers? Pease read on. |
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