Many tech geeks know about how insecure
Internet Explorer 6 is, and how even
Microsoft has a web site dedicated to convincing users to upgrade. But is
your browser up to date or vulnerable? One service that allows you to find out is the
Browser Check from
Qualys at
http://browsercheck.qualys.com/ which can check most browsers, including
IE (requires an add-in),
Firefox and
Chrome. Here is the result of running it in
Firefox 5:
It's interesting that it reports the availability of version 5.0.1 even before the browser itself offers the upgrade. It also shows that (once again) Java is vulnerable, but no fix available yet.
When you run this check on
Google Chrome you may need to load the "about:plugins" page to be able to disable plugins like the
RealPlayer plugin, which you may not be using. I also found its false warning about a "potential threat" in
Adobe Flash a bit annoying: it doesn't check the version number correctly. Hopefully this will be fixed before another flash vulnerability comes along. The bug doesn't happen if the plugin is installed.
Many tech geeks know about how insecure Internet Explorer 6 is, and how even Microsoft has a web site dedicated to convincing users to upgrade. But is your browser up to date or vulnerable? One service that allows you to find out is the Browser Check from Qualys at http://browsercheck.qualys.com/ which can check most browsers, including IE (requires an add-in), Firefox and Chrome. Here is the result of running it in Firefox 5:
It's interesting that it reports the availability of version 5.0.1 even before the browser itself offers the upgrade. It also shows that (once again) Java is vulnerable, but no fix available yet.
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