Cheng, do want to take this, since you're the one that started the Contributors
forum thread?
( Migrated from https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522626 )
This would be an article that outlines good practices for safe browsing. It would recommend things like:
* Keeping Firefox up to date
* Keeping your plugins up to date
Other recommendations?
== Comments from the bug
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djst on 2009-10-16 01:46:20 PDT :
<blockquote>As an alternative title, we could use "How to stay safe on the web" -- not sure if it's better or worse though?
If we support questionmarks in the future, the article title could be "How do I stay safe on the web?"
This article is related:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Is%20my%20Firefox%20problem%20a%20result%20of%20malware </blockquote>
AliceWyman on 2009-12-01 15:25:46 PST:
<blockquote>Related discussion:
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/3/513518
Writing articles about staying safe online</blockquote>
Chris_Ilias on 2009-12-02 13:10:37 PST:
<blockquote>Cheng, do want to take this, since you're the one that started the Contributors
forum thread?</blockquote>
(Fixing broken link)<br>Related discussion:<br>
[/forums/contributors/513518] Writing articles about staying safe online
Michael Verdi suggested today in the [/en-US/kb/Private%20Browsing/discuss Private Browsing discussion forum], to reconsider this proposal. See this thread: <br>
[/en-US/kb/Private%20Browsing/discuss/1550]
[Needs Review] update about keyloggers
Here is a website copyrighted by Microsoft (IE 9 has the best score, Firefox 7 the worst) to compare security features between browsers: http://www.yourbrowsermatters.org (the methodology is described in this guide).
Here is a website copyrighted by Microsoft (IE 9 has the best score, Firefox 7 the worst) to compare security features between browsers: http://www.yourbrowsermatters.org (the methodology is described in this [http://www.yourbrowsermatters.org/docs/methodology.pdf guide]).
Firefox can gain one point with [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662819 Bug 662819 - Track "Application Reputation" for protection against socially engineered malware attacks and malicious executable downloads].
Microsoft's website doesn't say that IE 9 contains unpatched vulnerabilities according to [http://www.securityfocus.com/ SecurityFocus]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers#Vulnerabilities
