Spyware critical threat: Mozilla Firefox

Mutant_Fruit · 27-02-2005 12:50am #1

I think the picture says it all...

TimTim · 27-02-2005 12:56am

Hats of to M$ for trying to get their market share back.

Serbian · 27-02-2005 1:46am

Mutant_Fruit wrote:

I think the picture says it all...

You must have an old version or something on your PC. I have run Microsoft Anti-Spyware a load of times and it has never come up with FireFox as a threat.

Talliesin · 27-02-2005 1:55am

Does it do that if you have Firefox set as the default browser I wonder?

There is a good point for only having one browser (unless you're a developer), though I doubt MS would ever report IE as a spyware risk.

radiospan · 27-02-2005 1:57am

I've Firefox as default browser, and I don't get this either. Great screenshot though.

Although Microsoft still think Firefox is good enough to rip off the tabbed browser idea, and use it for IE 7.

I still think that Microsoft's AntiSpyware program is excellent, better than Adaware and definitely better than Spybot.

the_syco · 27-02-2005 2:07am

Beta's are buggy.

A fully functional version of Windows is buggy.

So there's no way I'll touch a beta version of a Microsoft.

I'll use adaware.

Rew · 27-02-2005 2:13am

plazzTT wrote:

Although Microsoft still think Firefox is good enough to rip off the tabbed browser idea, and use it for IE 7.

Isn't tabbed browsing orignally an Opera feature?

The MS anti-spyware app picked up MSN Messanger as a serious security risk on a friends PC.

Infini · 27-02-2005 2:21am

Microsoft must be getting desperate if that is meant to be spyware.

OfflerCrocGod · 27-02-2005 5:22am

Rew wrote:

Isn't tabbed browsing orignally an Opera feature?

Actually I believe some other small browser had it before....or maybe it was an IE front end, I can't remember the name....it was something stupid, I think it's still being sold.

NotMe · 27-02-2005 6:43am

The first browser to feature tabbed browsing was InternetWorks in 1994. The next browsers to offer it were Opera and Mozilla in 2003.

Mutant_Fruit · 27-02-2005 12:30pm

Well, as far as i know, thats a photoshopped image

There seem to be a fair few of ye that think its real. :rolleyes: (actually, i had to resort to google to make sure it wasn't real... i wouldn't put it past microsoft.)

Valentia · 27-02-2005 3:24pm

You should have kept that one 'till April 1st!!

Cryos · 27-02-2005 4:05pm

lol description seemed a bit dodgy alright.

and MyIE was the first if memory serves to have tabbed browsing

Moriarty · 27-02-2005 7:59pm

wtf has this got to do with broadband?

ffs. moved to windows.

radiospan · 27-02-2005 8:18pm

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=688

daveirl · 27-02-2005 8:41pm

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Gone West · 27-02-2005 8:47pm

no the first one to have it if I can remember properly was LYNX the text only browser

Capt'n Midnight · 27-02-2005 8:58pm

the_syco wrote:

Beta's are buggy.

A fully functional version of Windows is buggy.

So there's no way I'll touch a beta version of a Microsoft.

I'll use adaware.

IMHO any major version of windows is to be considered BETA until the third Service Pack.
cf. NT4 - SP3 needed to fix server memory errors when sharing folders
Win95 - USB support and LOTS of fixes
Win98 SE - there were sub releases before it
Win XP - its still mostly 2K under the bonnet.

still say that Dos 5.01 was the last time they got it essentially right on the first attempt.
(some problems at sertain HDD sizes with 5.0 - wasn't released this side of the pond IIRC)

Spyware critical threat: Mozilla Firefox

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