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Have you ever wondered why Mozilla Firefox is touted as the most secure web browsing software application in the world? How can you be sure that Mozilla Firefox is indeed as safe as it is claimed to be? There is no doubt that a lot of hard work has gone into making Mozilla Firefox very safe. However, the fact that people are so confident about the security aspect of Mozilla Firefox that one can easily understand that there definitely is a fundamental advantage that Mozilla Firefox enjoys over all other web browsing software applications.

The fundamental advantage that Mozilla Firefox enjoys over all other web browsing software applications is that once installed on the computer, Mozilla Firefox functions like any other software application installed on the computer. Well, it is very nice to know that Mozilla Firefox functions as any other software application but how does that make it so safe??

Since, Mozilla Firefox functions like any other software application; it is understood that the installation of Mozilla Firefox causes minimal integration between the web browser and the operating system. The minimal integration with the operating system lessens the possibility of a scenario where the web browser becomes a gateway for any hackers or person with malicious intent to access sensitive and important files related to the operating system. In fact, ‘lessens the possibility’ is an incorrect phrase. The proper one to use is ‘reduces the possibility to impossibility’. Download Firefox » Blog Archive » Minimal operating system integration makes Firefox the safest web browser