firefox insecurity?

[Alex Dean]

der.hans wrote:

>A quick question for those who use m$ desktops but don't use eXploder and
>LookOut: do you still have to run anti-spyware and anti-virus stuff all
>the time? If you do run them, do you constantly find stuff that needs to
>be removed?
>  
>
I don't anymore, but when I did use a Windows desktop I used only 
Netscape, then Mozilla, then Firefox/Thunderbird.  In 4 years I never 
had a single virus.  (Scanning every 6 months or so...) 

That's not just to do with IE or Outlook, though.  Many many scams out 
there use social engineering, phishing, etc, to steal information, and 
these are not browser-specific.  Being reasonably aware of what these 
attacks look like definitely reduces the amount of garbage one ends up 
with.   (If you get an email from an unrecognized source saying 'your 
computer is not secure, run the attached program to fix the hold', don't 
do it!  It's amazing how many times I talk to people who just follow 
these kinds of instructions without question.)

I guess all I'm saying is that secure browsing is not purely a technical 
question.  You have to have good habits as well.

alex