full-disclosure - Re: Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router safe ?

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:38:15 -0400
From: Brian Anderson <brianlanderson@...il.com>
CC: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Dumb question: Is Windows box behind a router
 safe ?

Abhijeet Jain wrote:
> Myth No. 2- Using Firefox does not make you safe! In fact, IE 7/8 is the
> safest browser when used with Windows Vista because it runs on lower
> privileges.
> 

But if not patching windows, then they are also not patching IE.

Firefox has updates also.

That router may also have bugs.

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