A flaw in FireFox?

I'm guessing its a lie put out by MS

[cuce]

[news.com.com...]

"Computer code that could be used to attack Firefox, Mozilla Suite and Netscape users has been released on the Internet. The release of the attack code comes days after Mozilla released an updated version of Firefox to fix several security flaws, including the bug exploited by the code. A fixed version of the Mozilla Suite is also available, but Firefox-based Netscape has yet to be updated. The Netscape browser is a product of Netscape, which is a division of Time Warner's America Online subsidiary. An AOL spokesman had no comment on Thursday."

Any Thoughts?

[hannamyluv]

I'm guessing its a lie put out by MS

The fact that FireFox has security flaws is a well known fact. Just not one that is talked about often. Most people assumed that because Firefox was more secure than IE, that it therefore did not have security flaws. This just isn't true.

All browsers have security flaws. Some just have not been found yet. M$ was just the favorite for hackers to attack because you get the most bang for your buck when you do find them.

Now that Firefox has taken a bit more of the market share, you will see more hackers attacking that browser.

[txbakers]

FireFox also has its share of bugs as well.

Remember, these are the same people who brought us Netscape all these years. Just because it is an open source product doesn't mean it's perfect.

[bird]

Just because Firefox has less bugs than IE (and I think this is still provably correct), doesn't mean it has none at all. That's a simple matter of statistical probability.

The question which really decides about quality is how fast any critical bugs get fixed.