Outdated browser?

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  1. vasa1

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    vasa1, Oct 11, 2011
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  2. Hungry Man

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    We do not have any data for your browser, so we can’t give your browser a score.
     
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    from the link
     
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  4. Hungry Man

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    Oh well. Figures though.
     
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    I got 2.5/4 using Chrome 14 (latest stable) perhaps because I've turned off the safe browsing stuff.
     
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    It doesn't test your browser real time lol. It only shows you the results which avaible in their database.
     
    pandorax, Oct 11, 2011
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    Firefox 7.0.1 gets 2 out of 4.
     
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  8. vasa1

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    In that case ... :blink:
     
    vasa1, Oct 11, 2011
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    While the website could be seen as useful for learning about security techniques or URL blocking statistics (it's crazy how fast the attacks blocked counter is going up), it isn't much more than marketing IE9.
     
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  10. Hungry Man

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    It tests for stuff like whether or not they check for file integrity etc... it's not a great indicator lol

    Most security benchmarks aren't goo great.
     
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    Well, IE8 got a fairly respectable 3/4. OK, we get it MS ... IE9 is the safest browser out of the box. ;)
     
    Daveski17, Oct 11, 2011
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  12. vasa1

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    Yes, it seems to be just good old browser sniffing. Read somewhere about someone using the Opera tweak to mask as IE and getting 4/4.

    I guess this falls in the category of, "for those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who don't, no explanation is possible".
     
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    Daveski17, Oct 14, 2011
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    I wonder, why the most webpages talk about outdated browsers, when it is about security features of browsers. The newest version does not guarantee the top score. :rolleyes:
     
    TairikuOkami, Oct 14, 2011
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    Well, I was being polite. ;)
     
    Daveski17, Oct 15, 2011
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    They didn't add Opera because it gets 5? :D
     
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    Marketing, which I'm not going to even touch.
     
    J_L, Oct 16, 2011
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