More browser bugs, but less risk?

The title of this article when you look at it seems like it is hard to believe. In all reality it is possible that even if a browser has more bugs in it, it may be less of a risk for a target of attacks. There are far more options for browsers today on the market. Internet Explorer was the most widely known internet browser and then came along Mozilla Firefox which has gotten a lot of attention today in the market. Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0, and Opera Opera 8.0.0 were studied and all used about the same amount of time. It was rather interesting though, because there were about twice as many vulnerabilities for Firefox 1.5.0 than there was for Internet Explorer SP2. Internet Explorer was nearly comprised over 200 times while Mozilla and Opera were not touched at all. This just seems rather interesting since there were bugs found in the Firefox browser, but it was never invaded. Internet Explorer has a greater share in the market but in the near future Firefox could be a possible standard. With a large number of additions to it and the increased safety more people are starting to use this browser. A fully-patched version of Internet Explorer 6 visited 2,289 malicious, sites while the other browsers were not attacked. People should be aware of these types of vulnerabilities because an internet browser is something that everyone uses on a day to day basis, and by knowing the type of sophistication of the attacks or threats coming to it will help you protect your machine in the long run. The most current versions of browsers are Internet Explorer 7.0, Firefox 2.0.0.6, and Opera 9.23.