Browser Wars, take two

various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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FireFox Burns Internet Explorer’s Market Share

 An extended explanation on why Internet Explorer is insecure

 

  How Spyware Took The Next-Gen Threat Crown (On The Internet's No #1 Threat Today MUST READ!!!) -- My own opinion is that anything that takes over your private computer without your informed consent should be illegal and that anyone distributing such programs and those paying to have it distributed (the engine that drives this train) should be held criminally responsible. A politician who would undertake such legislation would have an instantaneous, nation-wide following... a political hero (are you listening out there?)

 

 Browser Wars -- Broadband Firefox users should try ForecastFox 0.5.8. It will put the Weather Channel forecast of your choice in the taskbar. Completely customizeable (I selected the three-day, day-and-night forecast for my ZIP) and totally cool.

 

 Safe Personal Computing

 

  New IE hole could helpperfect phishing scams [GET FIREFOX]

 

 The Fox Is in Microsoft's Henhouse (and Salivating)

 

 Firefox is hot; Thunderbird's not — for good reason -- Since Version 1.0 of Firefox went public about a month ago, about 10 million Internet Explorer users have seen the white-hot light and switched...

 

 

 Massive IE phishing exploit discovered 

Now that you have changed to Firefox, go to this thread to help you out.... if you are on a Broadband Internet connection.

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

 

 Safe Personal Computing

 

 Spyware Is the Scourge of Microsoft Windows Users

 

 New search engines let you find Web videos

 

 Five important fixes in MS December patch batch

 

 

Zafi Worm Hides Behind Christmas Cheer (Don't Click!)

 

 Top 10 "Most Unwanted" Spyware Named -- Router with firewall is a must these-days (extra firewall layer, and use multiple comps...)

Free Help here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1301552/posts?page=99#99

 Currently I'm running pretty safely  with Adaware, Spybot, Firefox, AVG, Sun Java (people forget this upgrade) Zone Alarm and a router. And I deactivated ActiveX for all but Windows update.

 

 Two Million Scans Uncover 55 Million Instances of Spyware,

 

 

 Google Worm Shows Bad Guys Want Efficiency, Too

 

 Google desktop search flawed

 

  Anti Spywear

 

 Apple's iPod Leads the Way in the Fledgling Digital Music World -- I've had an iPod since early September and I must honestly say that it is life-altering. My massive 1000+ CD collection is now boxed up in the attic, serving as backup only.

 

 Samsung Claims Largest Plasma Display [102 inches diagonally] -- Sony is the canary in the mine here. When they
stop selling CRTs, you'll know cross-over is at hand. Sony
has already stopped selling all CRT computer monitors
except for one high-end color-reference 21-inch.

 

  Americans Lured to Look at Digital Cameras

 

 It's aimed more at the business organization than the individual user, but IBM published a very nice Linux Client Migration Cookbook.

Some recommend Xandros 3.0. Windows like and the easiest Debian Linux distro for newbies to install and maintain. Even all the names have been changed to make getting around the operating system as painless and familiar as possible. In addition, with the Deluxe Version, you can run Windows applications with Crossover Office. http://www.xandros.com

 

 Need a method/utility to access backup FAT32 - VANITY

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 Mozilla Deal with ISP Expands Firefox Distribution

 

 Prosecutors seek 37-month term in Internet worm case

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 Destructive OS X malware spies on Apple users

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 Freeper help: Shareware Popup blockers?

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Security company finds SP2 memory hole

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 Christians on PalTalk Chat Service Tracked by Radical Islamic Web Site(Coptic Murder connection?)

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Adware-infected PCs net slimeware firms $3 a pop -- guesstimates the illicit advertising market underpinned by adware infection of home and business PCs could be worth up to $1.6bn a year.

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A rising star even Microsoft can't snuff out

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 Microsoft To Release 13 Patches Next Week -- I used to have 8-15 instances of spyware a day before switching to Firefox. The number immediately went to zero. The other day, I opened up IE because a video file I wanted to hear wouldn't play on Firefox. I was on less than 5 minutes. Took that long to get zapped with 14 cases of malware, along with a Trojan called 17.H which I'm still trying to get rid of--and that's with daily updates and scans of my AV and Adaware/Spybot S & D, and my firewall (Outpost) running constantly as well.  Firefox rocks.

 

 Three new worms

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 Deleting Spam Costs Billions, Study Finds -- Frankly, at this point spam has gone from being an annoyance to literally becoming a purposeful attack on computer networks and should be treated as such.  The government should be going after spammers the same way they go after virus writers.

-- Yesterday I put a trial Barracuda Spam Firewall between my Symantec SGS 5420 and Exchange server.  From all appearances the spam hits on the server immediately dropped and the torrent of "No Such Account" emails to my Bad Mail Folder stemmed to a trickle. --

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 Why Does Windows Still Suck? Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms?...

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 Harold Evans talks about his new book, They Made America -- and why Bill Gates isn't in it

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Non-Microsoft Browsers Have Spoofing Flaw

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Experts predict Firefox spyware will show up this year

[HitmanLV]

Firefox makes Internet Explorer look like kids stuff.

Anyway, re: the weather link, Firefox has a nice plugin that puts the weather forcast in the corner of your browser in the status bar - very cool and out of the way.

Load it up - you will dig it (and have no need for a weather tab!)

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New Browser Exploit Found (but not on IE)

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 Microsoft Buying Anti-Virus Software Maker

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 Microsoft Fesses Up To 19 Vulnerabilities, MSBlast-Level Worm Likely

 

 New Phising attacks affects all browsers except IE

 

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Microsoft probes anti-spyware Trojan

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Let me drop out of Lurk & Link mode -- my personal opinion?

These writers and propagators of garbage code need to be hit so heavily they don't know what whacked them-- triple fines, jail time, and public whipping in the town square.

No, I'm not kidding.

It's not funny anymore-- they are wrecking the web experience for everybody- not to mention the actual damage some of this junk does to data and equipment.

Fine 'em, lock 'em up, and frog march 'em to the town square where they live.

Strip 'em, whip 'em, and chain them to the whipping post for a week with a pair of manicure scissors so they can trim the grass one blade at a time.

Make 'em wear a shirt with "I was a CyberVandal" on it.

I am so deadly serious about this. These vermin are ruining the web for everybody besides them-- it is time to stop it, dead.

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump to that. Well put.