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« Reply #50 on: July 06, 2009, 12:28:58 PM » |
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It's not Apple anything. Firefox is so stable that it's not funny.
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« Reply #51 on: July 06, 2009, 01:15:55 PM » |
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 OK, let's insult all the other browsers in the spirit of fair play....  Chrome is so googly.... Safari is so outback..... Opera is so..so....so... errr...ummmmm well it's something all right....  ...oh wait let's not forget SeaMonkey.... WTF? SeaMonkey??? bwahahahahaha.... speaks for itself..... :sucks
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« Reply #52 on: July 06, 2009, 06:29:21 PM » |
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OK, let's insult all the other browsers in the spirit of fair play.... Chrome is so googly.... Safari is so outback..... Opera is so..so....so... errr...ummmmm well it's something all right.... ...oh wait let's not forget SeaMonkey.... WTF? SeaMonkey??? bwahahahahaha.... speaks for itself..... :sucks |
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« Reply #53 on: July 06, 2009, 07:34:52 PM » |
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OK, let's insult all the other browsers in the spirit of fair play.... Chrome is so googly.... Safari is so outback..... Opera is so..so....so... errr...ummmmm well it's something all right.... ...oh wait let's not forget SeaMonkey.... WTF? SeaMonkey??? bwahahahahaha.... speaks for itself..... :sucks .. WTH is SeaMonkey? |
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« Reply #54 on: July 06, 2009, 10:35:15 PM » |
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« Reply #55 on: July 07, 2009, 02:37:20 PM » |
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Important stuff for IE users: Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole
* By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer - Tue Jul 7, 2009 7:07AM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. -
Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.
The vulnerability disclosed Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating software.
It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims' machines. The victims don't need to do anything to get infected except visit a Web site that's been hacked.
Security experts say criminals have been attacking the vulnerability for nearly a week. Thousands of sites have been hacked to serve up malicious software that exploits the vulnerability. People are drawn to these sites by clicking a link in spam e-mail.
The so-called "zero day" vulnerability disclosed by Microsoft affects a part of its software used to play video. The problem arises from the way the software interacts with Internet Explorer, which opens a hole for hackers to tunnel into.
Microsoft urged vulnerable users to disable the problematic part of its software, which can be done from Microsoft's Web site, while the company works on a "patch" — or software fix — for the problem.
Microsoft rarely departs from its practice of issuing security updates the second Tuesday of each month. When the Redmond, Wash.-based company does issue security reminders at other times, it's because the vulnerabilities are very serious.
A recent example was the emergency patch Microsoft issued in October for a vulnerability that criminals exploited to infect millions of PCs with the Conficker worm. While initially feared as an all-powerful doomsday device, that network of infected machines was eventually used for mundane moneymaking schemes like sending spam and pushing fake antivirus software. |
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« Reply #56 on: July 07, 2009, 02:41:56 PM » |
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People that open suspicious emails are crazy as a matter of fact I received 2 this week that did not go to my spam box and I just marked them as spam without opening them of course.
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« Reply #57 on: July 07, 2009, 03:58:40 PM » |
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This neowin.net article pretty much says the same thing, EXCEPT they add the following: ... "Internet Explorer 6 and 7 users are at risk but NOT Internet Explorer 8 users."  you decide.... |
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« Reply #58 on: July 07, 2009, 04:00:28 PM » |
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Firefox has themes. What's not to love?!
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« Reply #59 on: July 07, 2009, 04:16:36 PM » |
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This neowin.net article pretty much says the same thing, EXCEPT they add the following: ... "Internet Explorer 6 and 7 users are at risk but NOT Internet Explorer 8 users." you decide.... I'm in! |
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« Reply #60 on: July 07, 2009, 07:06:21 PM » |
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Important stuff for IE users: Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole
* By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer - Tue Jul 7, 2009 7:07AM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. -
Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious computer security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.
The vulnerability disclosed Monday affects Internet Explorer users whose computers run the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating software.
It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims' machines. The victims don't need to do anything to get infected except visit a Web site that's been hacked.
Security experts say criminals have been attacking the vulnerability for nearly a week. Thousands of sites have been hacked to serve up malicious software that exploits the vulnerability. People are drawn to these sites by clicking a link in spam e-mail.
The so-called "zero day" vulnerability disclosed by Microsoft affects a part of its software used to play video. The problem arises from the way the software interacts with Internet Explorer, which opens a hole for hackers to tunnel into.
Microsoft urged vulnerable users to disable the problematic part of its software, which can be done from Microsoft's Web site, while the company works on a "patch" — or software fix — for the problem.
Microsoft rarely departs from its practice of issuing security updates the second Tuesday of each month. When the Redmond, Wash.-based company does issue security reminders at other times, it's because the vulnerabilities are very serious.
A recent example was the emergency patch Microsoft issued in October for a vulnerability that criminals exploited to infect millions of PCs with the Conficker worm. While initially feared as an all-powerful doomsday device, that network of infected machines was eventually used for mundane moneymaking schemes like sending spam and pushing fake antivirus software. I saw that in my local newspaper today. Luckily I'm on IE 8. (Usually that's a bad thing). |
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« Reply #61 on: July 13, 2009, 03:53:06 PM » |
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I can't tell the difference on this computer but on the laptop and the other pc my family swears that IE8 helps make it run sooo much faster  |
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« Reply #62 on: September 14, 2009, 05:37:51 PM » |
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I just switched to firefox, and I am officially in love with it! I was on IE 8, and my internet was much slower than it is now with firefox!  |
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« Reply #63 on: September 14, 2009, 06:51:15 PM » |
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on my other computers my family swears IE8 made them faster but I hate it on my desktop so use Firefox as well. Something about Flash and IE8 makes my page crash, I have found no solution to this problem.
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« Reply #66 on: September 14, 2009, 08:57:50 PM » |
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I have IE 8 now.  I'm sorry Peach!  I like it and having no issues with Flash. |
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« Reply #67 on: September 14, 2009, 09:01:18 PM » |
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It's a Vista problem, I don't even use IE8 .. for lots of reasons such as copying urls
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« Reply #68 on: September 15, 2009, 12:17:28 PM » |
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The toolbox still goes GAGA when i type long posts. This sucks. |
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« Reply #69 on: September 15, 2009, 12:23:12 PM » |
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Did you hit the compatibility button? Worked for me after that.
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« Reply #70 on: September 15, 2009, 12:51:54 PM » |
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Yeah hit it again Joab, sometimes it resets
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« Reply #71 on: September 16, 2009, 09:10:30 PM » |
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« Reply #72 on: September 16, 2009, 09:18:32 PM » |
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Ask me ...oh in 5 years or so!!  |
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« Reply #73 on: September 17, 2009, 12:24:57 PM » |
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Yeah hit it again Joab, sometimes it resets
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« Reply #74 on: September 17, 2009, 12:47:26 PM » |
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Mine is right up by the address/url bar, upper right for me.  |
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