A Mozilla-commissioned study has given the antifraud features in the Firefox 2 browser high marks, finding they are much more effective than those in Internet Explorer 7.The study, commissioned by Firefox maker Mozilla and carried out by SmartWare, comes on the heels of a Microsoft-commissioned study that found just the opposite—concluding that IE 7 led the pack.The SmartWare study, released on Tuesday, used 1,040 phishing sites as verified by the PhishTank community-powered antiphishing service. It found that Firefox 2’s blacklist feature blocked about 79 percent of the sites, while IE 7’s whitelist-based Auto Check OFF blocked 16 of the sites, less than 2 percent.The study also compared Firefox 2’s Ask Google feature, which checks sites against a Google-provided list of phishing sites, with IE 7’s Auto Check ON, finding that the Firefox feature blocked 848 of the sites compared with 690 for IE 7. SmartWare noted that there were large gaps in which sites were blocked, with 243 cases where Firefox blocked a site but IE didn’t, and 117 cases where IE blocked a site that was given the all-clear by Firefox.The browsers were tested over a period of two weeks using a custom Web application tied into PhishTank’s XML feed of scam URLs. Last month’s Microsoft-funded study measured things quite differently, generating an “accuracy” score based on detection rates as well as other factors such as false positives and the effectiveness of the action taken when a site is flagged.In that study, IE 7 ended up with a score of 172, just slightly ahead Netcraft’s toolbar, which scored 168. Firefox was a distant third with 106, followed by eBay with 92, Earthlink ScamBlocker with 76, GeoTrust Trustwatch with 67, Netscape 8.1 with 56, and McAfee SiteAdvisor well behind in last place with a score of 3.-Matthew Broersma, Techworld.com (London)Related Links: Mozilla: We’ll Fix 2nd Minor Firefox 2.0 Bug Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Hits the Web Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Browser ReleasedCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI CTO Rathi Murthy sees the online travel service’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy aimed at growing the company by bringing more of the travel industry online. By Paula Rooney Jun 02, 2023 7 mins Travel and Hospitality Industry Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence case study Deoleo doubles down on sustainability through digital transformation The Spanish multinational olive oil processing company is immersed in a digital transformation journey to achieve operational efficiency and contribute to the company's sustainability strategy. By Nuria Cordon Jun 02, 2023 6 mins CIO Supply Chain Digital Transformation brandpost Resilient data backup and recovery is critical to enterprise success As global data volumes rise, business must prioritize their resiliency strategies. By Neal Weinberg Jun 01, 2023 4 mins Security brandpost Democratizing HPC with multicloud to accelerate engineering innovations Cloud for HPC is facilitating broader access to high performance computing and accelerating innovations and opportunities for all types of organizations. By Tanya O'Hara Jun 01, 2023 6 mins Multi Cloud Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe