Who Had The Buggiest Software in 2009?

[MountainDon]

from CNET news.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10417785-245.html?tag=nl.e404

Firefox, Adobe top buggiest-software list

Firefox was the application that had the most reported vulnerabilities this year, while holes in Adobe software more than tripled from a year ago, according to statistics compiled by Qualys, a vulnerability management provider.

Qualys tallied 102 vulnerabilities that were found in Firefox this year, up from 90 last year. The numbers are based on running totals in the National Vulnerability Database.

However, the high number of Firefox vulnerabilities doesn't necessarily mean the Web browser actually has the most bugs; it just means it has the most reported holes. Because the software is open source, all holes are publicly disclosed, whereas proprietary software makers, like Adobe and Microsoft, typically only publicly disclose holes that were found by researchers outside the company, and not ones discovered internally, Qualys Chief Technology Officer Wolfgang Kandek said late on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Adobe took the second-place spot from Microsoft this year. The number of vulnerabilities in Adobe programs rose from 14 last year to 45 this year, while those in Microsoft software dropped from 44 to 41, according to Qualys. Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and Microsoft Office together had 30 vulnerabilities.

.............   The list of risky software compiled by Bit9 based on the National Vulnerability Database also includes Java, Flash Player, Safari, Shockwave, Acrobat, Opera, Real Player, and Trillian............

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[glenn kangiser]

I can agree... not necessarily bugs but, I had lots of memory hangups and lockups with Firefox but hoping it is better with Win7.

I can't find anything else that will run 30 or more open tabs at once though.

[MountainDon]

Try IE8 that comes in Win7. So far so good on both IE & FF

[glenn kangiser]

Probably the way I run it or the tabs I run.  I was able to slow down Windows 7 already but not as fast as I did on the old system and it recovered without shutting down Firefox.  The other would not.

[glenn kangiser]

Note that use Sysinternals Process Explorer replacing Task Manager to monitor it.