I’m a big fan of open source app’s, particulary mozilla (www.mozilla.com) firefox amd thunderbird.
Recently Firefox 3.0 was released and Mozilla got the Guiness book title of the largest number of downloads. In addition a recent study was conducted that put firefox on top of being the most secure internet browser. Naturally Internet Explorer is the least safest.
“Profit motivated cyber”criminals have rapidly adopted Web browser exploitation as a key vector for malware installation,” researchers state. “As popularity of this attack vector has blossomed, there have been frequent reports of hundreds of thousands of Web sites succumbing to mass-defacement, where the defacement often consists of an embedded iFrame. These iFrames typically include content from servers hosting malicious JavaScript code designed to exploit vulnerabilities accessible through the user’s Web browser and subsequently to initiate a drive-by malware download.” http://www.crn.com/security/208802248
If you download and install the new firefox check out the Weave 0.2 addon. very cool app that syncs your bookmarks, browsing history, cookies, etc. So no matter what computer your on, weave will load these into your browser.
