Internet Explorer user?

[VS Omega]

Sorry for making so many new threads here lately I feel like a whore lol.. Anyways this is kind of a "look out this could get you thing"..

Basicly there's a bug in IE that makes the address bar say something else than what the website really is, this could get a lot of your passwords if you enter them into a fake site exploiting this, I recommend switching to Mozilla Firefox (or suite) and being free from this risk lol

Do a test to see if your browser is vulnerable here:
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer...rability_Test/

[stocky]

glad i dont use internet explorer anymore

[Boonz]

so im not suppose to use google anymore??? lol

[jack.mc]

Yup, i made the switch to firefox a few weeks ago. At first i thought it was the same, now i think its a billion times better!

[hakhawk]

been using firefox for a couple of years now, best decision ever. theres still the odd websitre that needs internet explorer though. but not enough to use it everyday

[VLishes]

www.mozilla.com

IE --> Firefox
Outlook --> Thunderbird

[aperfectcircle]

I just switched over IE to Firefox.

Not to bad I say.

I run it but nothing.

[Julie]

I switched from IE to firefox then back again a while ago, too many sites wouldn't open for me with firefox, has it got any better, because I did find firefox kinda quicker.

[sixshooter]

I find that disabling java and scripting in IE stops the spoof from running.

[aperfectcircle]

I switched from IE to firefox then back again a while ago, too many sites wouldn't open for me with firefox, has it got any better, because I did find firefox kinda quicker.

I noticed that as well.
It does load up quicker, if the page has been displayed before.

[kirkson]

Well done Juzza, firefox is good with a capital G
regards Kirk

[AirStrike]

I havent used exploder for over a year now, would never go back. My sister has to use it for her net banking as Firefox wont work, and I end up with trackers and shit on my comp when ever she has used IE, so I feel Firefox is safer.
AirStrike

[MikeVXSS]

i saw a fox on fire the other day when the SES was doing a burnoff.what a coincedence. poor thing.

[ClairBear]

IE blows - I use avant as my browser.

C.

[DJ Majah]

Avant is just a plugin, youre still actually using IE - just that youre giving it the features of firefox

Personally Ive been on firefox/mozilla strains for about 2 years now, have no trouble with page incompatibilities, Ive probably only used IE once this year. I use Thunderbird too, but its got a long way to go in terms of usability.

[ClairBear]

just that youre giving it the features of firefox

Tried firefox and thunderbird, both have too many issues for my liking, so till they iron out the bugs, I prefer avant.

They forced us to use firefox at work, but 3 out of the 4 sites I have to visit regularly for work often won't load or crash, then I have to kill the process through task manager as it refuses to close, so I went back to IE and told IT basically to shove it as I am not spending my day reloading pages just to humour them. Luckily the IT manager and I are drinking buddies so I get away with it

C.

[minux]

I'll just stick to not using a OS platform built on stolen software/code. Free yourselves from the insanity...destroy windows

[VS Omega]

I'll just stick to not using a OS platform built on stolen software/code. Free yourselves from the insanity...destroy windows

I would but I'll need to support this OS, good to stay fresh with it.. plus I like my games

[ClairBear]

I'll just stick to not using a OS platform built on stolen software/code. Free yourselves from the insanity...destroy windows

I hear you bro - however this stupid world is geared around winshite so we need boxes loaded with that nice bulked up OS so the kiddies can do homework and I can work from home also.

C.

[vlv8vic]

been using mozilla for a while now and had no issues like i had before.

[minux]

I hear you bro - however this stupid world is geared around winshite so we need boxes loaded with that nice bulked up OS so the kiddies can do homework and I can work from home also.

C.

Use star office, it loads all MS office documents. If you want to play games Vmware, winex etc all do the job quite well. A little time and it can be all done.

[ClairBear]

Use star office, it loads all MS office documents.

Nope, been there, worn that T-shirt. Is not totally compatible with formating of word and excel documents.

Then the kiddies have to save work and try to get word/excel at school to open it - it's not worth their hassles and frustration. Easier to cave for now. Then you start talking about powerpoint presentations and open a new can of worms.

C.

[minux]

Well, in the past 12 months, ive built 3 major spread sheets, 7 powerpoint pres, a company mnaual(word) and an access database, all which have run fine when i take them to work. The spreadsheet in its raw form equates to an uncompressed 6.8 meg file without any data entry.

[DavoTheGreat]

Mozilla's support for websites is slowly increasing but still pays to keep IE for the time being as a backup.

If you want to really get around the whole spyware thing, create a second user account on your PC that doesn't have admin rights and use that for day-to-day computing and then either logon as the admin user to install stuff or use "runas" to do it - you'll find most spyware won't get through since there'll be no access to install and run dodgy software including ActiveX controls etc. I support thousands of machines in different environments and I don't remember the last machine I had to clean spyware off where the user DIDN'T have admin rights.

[xlr8_87]

been using firefox for about a year now, computer is so much more happy
so much less spyware its not funny!