text: why do people say that mozilla firefox gives viruses? it does not give viruses. that's slander of a company, so don't say it. if you search for bookmarks, you will see numerous examples of what i mean. so, why are there dumb people in our world that say crazy things like mozilla firefox gives viruses? unfortunately mozilla firefox browser is not 100% secure, there are holes in it which allows hackers silently install viruses...that's why some people say that it gives viruses...  p.s. i use firefox browswer myself and i think it's more secure and faster than ie