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Firefox hits 10 percent, Netscape flaw found
At least according to one consultancy, Firefox is now the browser of choice for 10 percent of business users. Janco Associates issued a report this week, The Browser Market Share Study, that breaks down the stake claimed by each of the top seven browsers.
Internet Explorer 83.07%
Firefox 10.28%
Mozilla 3.81%
Netscape 0.92%
AOL 0.85%
MSN 0.76%
Opera 0.41%
This morning's news about Netscape was less positive for that browser. Danish security firm Secunia warned of what it called a "highly-critical" vulnerability in the Netscape browser which makes it feasible for attackers to create Web sites that exploit the flaw, execute code on a visitor's PC, and thereby gain access to that system, Scarlet Pruitt of the IDG News Service reported. The buffer overflow is confirmed in Netscape 7.2, has been reported in 6.2.3 and could affect other versions as well.
Opera Software, meanwhile, last week unveiled Opera 8 and armed the browser with security features built to fight phishing.
Posted by Tom Sullivan on April 27, 2005 07:29 AM
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