Spyware question...

[sUn]

I've got a question, ever since I stopped using IE, I haven't been able to pick up spyware with my removal programs, I use Mozilla full time when using a browser, is the spyware inside my Mozilla Firefox or something? I'm kinda confused.

I've got 0 spyware files since I switched, when usually I averaged like 2 everytime I checked.

 

[emad]

no, it's just that IE is the butt of all spyware attacks since almost all of them are through hidden active x components. Good choice in making a 100% switch dude 👍

 

[milefile]

Wow sUn, don't you love the approval you have for using that crappy browser? Now you are cool among geeks 👍

 

[miata13B]

Originally posted by milefile
Wow sUn, don't you love the approval you have for using that crappy browser? Now you are cool among geeks 👍

There is nothing wrong with using the horse's arse of browsers now is there?

 

[emad]

He SHOULD be proud of being welcomed to the club. Everyone knows that any true geek uses Mozilla based browsers. Only an *idiot* would use IE. Now I just need to get him to switch from Photoshop to GIMP and from Windows to Linux

 

[milefile]

I installed Mozilla and it sucked. Pages wouldn't load. Screw it. IE has never caused me any problems.

 

[miata13B]

Never even attempted to waste my time with Mozilla. . .

 

[Slick6]

I like IE too, I didn't like the way the text looked in Mozilla.

 

[milefile]

I just think it's stupid the way people act like the browser they use is some kind of badge of honor

 

[miata13B]

 

[emad]

I just use Mozilla because IE just makes it too easy to get hit by something big. My sister got me 5 viruses over the past 2 days by doing stupid things and going to stupid sites using IE. If there's a better alternative to Mozilla/Firebird/Opera (Opera being my favourite of the Mozilla based browsers), I'd REALLY like to know about it.

 

[Slick6]

Well, do we look like your sister? I don't know about Miata, but I don't visit "stupid" sites.

 

[miata13B]

Originally posted by Slick6
Well, do we look like your sister? I don't know about Miata, but I don't visit "stupid" sites.

Damn, I am speechless. . . That was actually quite funny. . . I was going to insult you back, but I got an invalid page fault in my mind processing it. . .

 

[skip0110]

Suckers...."I dont like how the text looks..." oh well, it'll come around...I have Linux/Mozilla (the real mozilla, not firebird) and I dont have to worry about viruses. I dont need virus scan software, nor do I have it. I dont have to defrag, my filesystem doesnt get fragmented. I dont have to run AdAware. I can open email attachments w/out worrying about stuff. My media player will not pop open a browser window when I open some file formats.

I like peace of mind, and I dont care what stigma comes with it.

 

[skylineGTR_guy]

I use opera

 

[toyomatt84]

I'm a Firefox fan, due to the better image support (PNG transparency is one), tabbed browsing, ironclad built-in firewall and popup blocker, and for looks it's stock skinnable. I say screw the alternative.

PS. If I'm not mistaken, Opera is extremely similar in some senses.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

The problem is that because most people use IE, everyone designs for it. And since it has to cater for FrontPage's "eccentricities", it can take an interesting approach to rendering a page.

This means that people tweak their layouts so that they look right on IE, rather than designing for Mozilla, which is far more critical of coding standards.

 

[tabs]

Bah, I've tried countless other browsers and IE still works best for me.