woollydigger
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DO NOT DOWNLOAD ACTCIVE X IT SHUTS YOUR PC DOWN AND WONT LET YOU BACK ON THE NET.
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darkplaces
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Yeah use Firefox
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/
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darkplaces
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No it ant its rubbish!
bubba
Administrator
dunc said:
Who's getting uptight?
It's just advice for somebody who has had their computer compromised.
It is in all our interests that everybody uses secure software to surf the web. The more computers that are compromised worldwide, the larger the amount undesirable crap that is put into circulation by those out to get at your computer.
This results in a more congested web, more viruses, trojans, spyware, DOS attacks, spam, etc, etc.
So I just feel it's sensible to suggest a good browser, it's not just about personal preference imho.
And if people think firefox is all hype, just go to securityfocus.com and check the list of outstanding security vulnarabilities in the current versions of FF versus those in IE. Firefox gets zero, whereas IE gets a whole page full.
Which would you choose?
graham
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One has to understand why that is. Firefox, opera (and anything at all on a Mac) might be very slightly inherently more secure but the real reason that there are less security vulnerabilities out there is that there are less gains to be made in attacking vulnerabilities in minority applications. If FF (which I am using ATM) ever gets to be the majority-use browser (meaning that business users take it up rather than geeks) the virus writers will attack it far more seriously.
And they will break it just as comprehensively.
And they will break it just as comprehensively.
AndyF
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Hehe 
the "latest" version of FF (2.0.5) has only been out a few weeks, so there are indeed no vulnerabilities on the list yet... go back one version though (2.0.4) and you find a good solid pageful ( 9 in fact) whereas IE only has 7 listed, (one of which is retired).
So when people tell you FF is "so much more secure", ask them how they base that claim.... it's just propoganda.
the "latest" version of FF (2.0.5) has only been out a few weeks, so there are indeed no vulnerabilities on the list yet... go back one version though (2.0.4) and you find a good solid pageful ( 9 in fact) whereas IE only has 7 listed, (one of which is retired).So when people tell you FF is "so much more secure", ask them how they base that claim.... it's just propoganda.
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Wolf
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I always miss in these discussions the usability of the browsers. I won't like to go online without "Adblock plus". Anything comparable for IE available?
The next point is, that FF is able to save web site with all pictures and so on. IE still soesn't do that.
The next point is, that FF is able to save web site with all pictures and so on. IE still soesn't do that.
AndyF
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Wolf said:
??? If you "save" a web site in IE as a file, it creates a sub folder and puts the graphics in that... which is the same behavior of FF AFAIK.
IE however, gives you the extra option to create a single archive file of which embeds all the images, called an MHT file. My version of FF does not have anything similar.... (2.0)
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Wolf
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AndyF said:
OK, it works. Probably I had a strange web page some days ago, where it did not work (lot of javascript and flash involved on that side). But I don't use IE often, so it might be also that I'm too stupid to use it ;-)
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andymorgan
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With FF you can add useful applications like this:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=hammertime&status=4
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=hammertime&status=4