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Is Firefox really safer than Internet Explorer?

By Mary Landesman, About.com

Question: Is Firefox really safer than Internet Explorer?
Answer: Out of the box, i.e. freshly installed, Firefox isn't any safer. Like Internet Explorer, Firefox is prone to its own share of security vulnerabilities and exploits. However, if you add the free NoScript addon for Firefox and you disable Firefox HTTP header refresh, then (and only then), Firefox becomes much safer than Internet Explorer or any other browser.

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