donut
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 01:51 AM |
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Firefox Vs IE7
18 or so months ago a friend of mine bought a laptop, he did not put on any Anti Virus software and a few weeks ago after visiting a normal non sexy
website it all went horribly wrong.
SO my Q is
Which is more secure when visiting sites, Fire Fox or IE7? I use both but would rather use just one.
Ta
Andy
P.S. I have AVG on my PC.
[Edited on 19/2/09 by donut]
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 07:03 AM |
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Dont know if either would prevent an unprotected computer from a virus but i just use firefox.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Mark G
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 07:06 AM |
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I use firefox, but in that case I would have downloaded Avast antivirus for free and not have had a problem.
Also worth downloading microsoft windows defender which is also free and looks after everything else other than virus's.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 07:14 AM |
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I have just started to use Google Chrome as Firefox was taking forever to load and was using up 70mb of memory. Its only a web browser....70Mb!
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 07:42 AM |
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Firefox dosen't use anything like that amount of memory --- my guess is you have set it to preload pages linked to the web page you are on.
With most modern browsers you stuff them full of add-ons and extensions and forget that each thing you add slows the browsers and eats into
memory.
Firefox setup properly with the Adblock Plus extension is about as secure as you get.
Google Chrome is really just Konqueror the Linux KDE desktop browser re-skinned and ported to Sindows. --- even in the Linux world it isn't
the broweser of choice and it isn't that widely suported and an awful lot of sites simple don't work with it.
The most effective free anti-virus is Avira unlike a lot of the others it doesn't give loads of false positives it is also very skinny on
memory use.
IE7 is just a complete mess the user interface is a massive step backwards from the previous IE versions
[Edited on 19/2/09 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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Si
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 07:43 AM |
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I use Firefox for 99% of the time. Only use IE for the odd badly written web page that has not been done in a way that is not IE dependant.
Been using it for years.
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donut
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:16 AM |
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Si
Is that desyboys MK in your avater? How you getting on with it? (if it is his old car! LOL)
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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donut
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Firefox setup properly with the Adblock Plus extension is about as secure as you get.
How do you set up fire fox properly?
Cheers for the info chaps!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Benzine
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:48 AM |
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Anti virus programs are for people who can't face reality
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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minitici
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 09:44 AM |
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Buy a mac 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 10:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by minitici
Buy a mac
The Virus threat to Mac's is starting to increase rapidly
Quote from The Register 2nd December 2008 11:33 GMT
"Apple tells Mac users: "Get anti-virus" "
"Apple goes further than just recommending the use of one scanner to advise the use of multiple tools. "Apple encourages the widespread
use of multiple anti-virus utilities so that virus programmers have more than one application to circumvent, thus making the whole virus writing
process more difficult,"
[Edited on 19/2/09 by britishtrident]
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 11:12 AM |
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IE7 security see
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/internet_explorer_attacks_go_wild/
Setting up Firefox
Go to the "Edit" --- "Preferences" Menu
Select " Privacy " tab
Then start by changing the cookie settings.
"Not accept 3rd part cookies".
"Keep cookies unil I close Firefox"
Set Firefox to "Always clear private data" at the end of a session
Then use "settings" to select what data you want to clear and which you want retain.
You can then go to other tabs and customise other settings to suit how you use the computer for example -- if you have a slow internet connection
increase the cachce size or if you have a fast connection youc can lower the cache size.
The Next move is to go to the "Tools" ---> "Add-ons" menu --> "Get Add-ons" Search for "Add-block
Plus" and down load and install it when Firefox restarts set Add-Block Plus to use "Easy List "
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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donut
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 12:58 PM |
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Buy a MAc...been there and never going back!! What a nightmare that was!!!!!!!
Right, Firefox it is then and all up, running and safe!
Cheers peeeeeeps!
Andy
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Si
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 07:23 PM |
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Andy (Donut), yes it was Des's car and all is great thanks.
Hopefully I'll be out again this weekend as its not looking a bad forecast up here.
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