[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Cloudbringer: Actually, Lennon, I just read in a few of pc magazines that ALL the major browsers have loopholes for exploitation by hackers or spyware etc and a major problem these days is people thinking that just because they aren't using IE they are 'safe' on the net!

To a point, perhaps. No, even with the right software you're not perfectly safe... but alternative browsers are a good step toward security on the net being a simple matter of common sense, rather than one of running numerous extra programs that most people can't be expected to know about.