i v recently shifted to firefox
i want to know if firefox is safe for credit card transactions ......
online banking etc ....
when i use firefox i find that many a time .... a url like google.com ... etc is not found by the browser ... i have to retype the entire url and then it succeeds...
plz help
Firefox supports SSL natively and can be safely used to conduct online transactions. I've done so myself. Plus, its not easily affected by malware, spyware, etc. so it ends up being doubly secure. Just make sure you check the site certificates by right clicking the page, selecing "View Page Info" and checking the issued certificate validity in the Security tab.
firefox is secure now, but there are growing speculations that spywares/malwares made specifically for ff cud arise...afterall, popularity can be a bane sometimes.
u may also have to worry about java viruses and maybe malicious javascript codes...
btw, new security concerns for firefox, read these pages:
*weblogs.asp.net/ssadasivuni/archive/2004/11/24/269084.aspx
*www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/trojbrissb.html
and read these pages too....although it seems that the malware doesnt directly affect firefox in any way, it installs the tool for IE thru firefox...
*www.vitalsecurity.org/2005/03/xpi-installs-toolbar-using-java.html
*www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1776353,00.asp
Firefox is completely secure. I have been using it constantly for online transactions. Also it will take some time for the hackers to find loop holes in the software.
Buy hey don't you know that in online world nothing can be defined as SECURE.
