Mozilla has reached an impressive milestone for the Firefox browser, which has now totaled over 400 million downloads since its inception. While this of course doesn't tell you at all how many people are using the increasingly popular browser, for something almost unheard of just a few years ago it is quite an achievement.
Given that if you use Firefox, you've likely downloaded it many times yourself, no one is going to use this figure for statistics. It does demonstrate demand, however, and month after month we have seen Firefox usage spread. IE7 has helped Microsoft bring some of that back – but not by a lot. Depending on the region you are in, Firefox has anywhere from 10% to 40% of the browser market. In comparison, in 2004 Firefox struggled under 3%.
I do hope they can continue to gain market share – I hope, however, that it doesn't come at the cost of browser quality.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Labor Day Malware?
Sophos has posted a new article a few days ago on their blog about a malware that is related to Labor Day which occurred last Monday on North America.
The titles in the subject lines include “Happy Labor Day”, The Big Labor Day Weekend”, and “A Labor Day E-Card”.
The emails contain links that look legitimate and includes trusted websites such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Some of the links are:
http://msn.com/funny/laborday?
http://yahoo.com/07greetings/laborg?
http://google.com/funcard/hol07?
However, the links actually point to compromised computers. If a user clicked on any of the links, he or she will see a webpage with a picture that shows two men who are constructing a Happy Labor Day banner.
Source is from Sophos
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