Posted on 06/25/2004 7:05:03 PM PDT by ShadowAce
Thank you I will
If wishes were fishes.
Yup. Firefox is the way to go. I still have IE on one of my machines because Firefox still has a few minor problems with some applets. Maybe I need to download the latest JRE (Java Runtime Environment)
I love Firefox. When I first got on the internet in '95, I started with Netscape, eschewing IE, then used Opera for a bit until switching to Mozilla, and ultimately Firefox. I've never liked IE. Firefox has been my all time favorite.
No software is immune as I understand it, and it really is a losing battle. But one that will always be fought.
Still, a bump for further consideration.
At least in the open source community, problems are found and fixed quickly.
That is correct, but some software is written better than other software. IE is just about the worst (off the top of my head) software ever written when it comes to security. IT's not all that great as a browser, either, when you consider the fact that MS doesn't even bother to try to adhere to the standards put forth by the W3C.
That's why I recommend Firefox. Not only does it adhere to the accepted and publihised standards, it's written better than others, and is quite fast as well.
> There is no virus hiding in web pictures,
> and any technical writer who says there is,
> isn't worth listening to.
Here's authoritative site isc.incidents.org:
"No warning will be displayed. The user does
not have to click on any links. Just visiting
an infected site will trigger the exploit."
Now I haven't seen a full technical description
of the base exploit, but I wouldn't necessarily
rule out an image-based hack.
Suppose the run-length or dictionary-size encoding
in an image file doesn't match the actual data
provided. Has MSIE been checked against all
possible malformed variants of all supported
graphics file types?
Microsoft appears to be using Russian mobsters
to check their code for vulnerabilities. There
has to be a way of performing QA that isn't so
hard on the internet and MS customers :-)
Thanks for the ping, but I'm a little too conservative to try open source software browsers. What other choices would I have?
Actually, I happen to be testing it now.
Yes, it is faster. I don't know why, but it is.
I have a Yahoo/netscape type browser that I have to retain to stay on top of mail and storage and I use IE occassionally to keep it lubricated, so to speak.
My biggest problem in the past has been worms, but a change to AVAST AV took care of that.
I guess I am happy until another new threat emerges.
LOL!! Try Opera. It's closed source.
Thanks. That's what some of my buddies use.
The answer is yes.
I have opera, and I have Firefox and I have MYIE and I have tried many other things but I am using mostly MYIE particularly with FreeRepublic because of a nifty little piece of software( not a normal piece of IE but available for IE 5 , however works with IE 6 ) , view partial source.
Just highlight some portion of text and pictures , rightclick and chose "view partial soft" and voila go to the awakened clipboard and copy what you want , paste into the freerepublic reply window and preview and post.
Could not do without it.
How do you replicate that nifty function in these other browsers?
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