Can using a particular type of web browser make a difference?
Yes. Absolutely. Hackers target certain brands of web browsers that are vulnerable to attack. The most targeted web browser at the moment is Internet Explorer. It has been suggested that keeping your web browser up to date with the latest patches will increase your security. The easy solution would be to just get a better web browser that is not as vulnerable to these attacks. I have compared the performance of different web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. From my tests I have come to the conclusion that the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox and Netscape are the most reliable and safest browsers at the present time. I observed Firefox loaded the fastest, was light weight as far as disk space goes and the available plug-ins make it one of the most versatile web browsers of the lot. The only problem I found was that many websites still only code their web pages for Internet Explorer. This is not the fault of Firefox or Netscape, it is because som
