March 15, 2006

"Using Firefox will reduce the amount of spyware and adware on your computer by 75%."

Yup, by exactly 75%!

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/8268.php

Posted by darin at March 15, 2006 9:43 PM
Comments

37.5% of statistics are made up on the spot ;)

Posted by: Cameron at March 15, 2006 9:59 PM

Cameron: I thought it was 85%.

Posted by: Matt Nordhoff at March 15, 2006 10:16 PM

Hmm, so 25% of the spyware will still be installed when using Firefox? I guess I'll use Lynx then ;)

Posted by: Martijn at March 16, 2006 3:22 AM

ok, so I install Firefox and use it and the amount of spyware/adware on my computer will immediately drop by 75% - I don't think so.

Posted by: at March 16, 2006 4:53 AM

Of course it won't immediately get rid of your infections - Firefox is a web browser, not a virus scanner!

What the article meant is that it prevents 75% of all malware infections through normal browsing, and as any smart computer user will tell you prevention is better than cure.

Posted by: ant at March 16, 2006 12:48 PM

It is obvious that I posted this in jest, right? ;-)

Posted by: Darin Fisher at March 16, 2006 1:43 PM

I wonder if Sandra Stammberger knows her blog article is being republished on DailyIndia.com?

No mention of keeping Java up to date (or turning it off) -- the main source of infection for Mozilla/Firefox/Netscape/Flock/etc users.

Posted by: Daniel Veditz at March 17, 2006 10:53 AM

Using GNU/Linux or *BSD or any other Unix will reduce the amount of spyware and adware on your computer by 100% :]

Posted by: Azrael Nightwalker at March 18, 2006 8:24 AM

Who needs spyware when Firefox will ahve it built in with pings?

Posted by: Paul at March 28, 2006 6:40 AM