Firefox add-on with 7m downloads secretly tracks your browsing history
Like Apple products, Firefox branded itself as malware proof.<p>---<p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041127034451/http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/" rel="nofollow">http://web.archive.org/web/20041127034451/http://www.mozilla...</a><p>"“Beware of spyware. If you can, use the Firefox browser.” - USA Today"<p>"Privacy and Security<p>Built with your security in mind, Firefox keeps your computer safe from malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls. A comprehensive set of privacy tools keep your online activity your business."<p>---<p>While that's technically correct - Firefox couldn't (can't?) load ActiveX controls, therefore it could't load <i>harmful</i> ActiveX controls - the Firefox extensions system has permitted installation of executable code for a long time, if not since its inception.  Since that's what ActiveX is, more or less, Firefox has never been any more secure in that respect than e.g. Internet Explorer.<p>Like Apple products, as Firefox becomes more popular (and therefore a jucier attack target) there will be more malware that targets it.