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January 3rd, 2005, 08:21 PM
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Re: OT HEEEELP MY @#*%& COMPUTER IS *$&%%&
You are already doing most of what needs to be done to minimize the risks of using IE. The other would be a powerful ad-filter to eliminate popup, popunder, etc. ads that are likely to install crap in your system through IE holes, though I suspect Norton Internet Security does something like that already... An anti-spyware program (Ad-aware and/or Spybot; most others are junk) run once a week or so completes the protection.
Of course, it is still better to go with a secure browser, such as Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox. They are based on the old Netscape (the new Netscape is based on Mozilla...), so adapting to Mozilla should be a snap...
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January 4th, 2005, 02:10 AM
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Re: OT HEEEELP MY @#*%& COMPUTER IS *$&%%&
Fyron, IE6 SP2 has a popup blocker that is decent enough. It kills most popups that I don't want, and doesn't kill ones that I do want.
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January 4th, 2005, 02:17 AM
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Re: OT HEEEELP MY @#*%& COMPUTER IS *$&%%&
For XP only... Not only popup ads have malicious code in them. IE is still a very insecure browser, and will probably always be so.
Only over-zealous popup blockers kill popups that you do want. Firefox's blocking extensions only block unsolicited popups as well... Who said anything about popups anyways?
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January 4th, 2005, 03:39 AM
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Re: OT HEEEELP MY @#*%& COMPUTER IS *$&%%&
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The other would be a powerful ad-filter to eliminate popup, popunder,
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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat. The two will hover, spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
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January 4th, 2005, 05:00 AM
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Re: OT HEEEELP MY @#*%& COMPUTER IS *$&%%&
Popups are one small part of that... Any sort of ad can potentially carry nasty crap. Note the etc.  |
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