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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: findcount on May 16, 2011, 02:53:21 PM
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from the comparison chart provided by Microsoft, the IE9 seems to be better than Firefox4 with more safety features..................
but which browser is more prone to virus attacks ? ???
i'm more concerned with safety than features.
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Search the forum and the web...
Please, not another browser thread...
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but which browser is more prone to virus attacks ? ???
i'm more concerned with safety than features.
Don't worry about what browser to use. What you need to worry about is "what plugin or activex that runing in your browser?"
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Firefox 4 with noscript is the safest in my opinion, you can't really go wrong with it unless you allow scripts. You probably would also want adblock plus, Mcafee siteadvisor, Avast webrep, WoT and possibly an LSO deleter. That's what I use anyways and I literally have never been infected.
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from the comparison chart provided by Microsoft, the IE9 seems to be better than Firefox4 with more safety features..................
but which browser is more prone to virus attacks ? ???
i'm more concerned with safety than features.
Hi,just my opinion use any browser you like and run it inside a sandbox.
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Hi,just my opinion use any browser you like and run it inside a sandbox.
I never thought of that before, it acctually sound like a really good idea. IE9 seems to be safer than other browsers right now but that can change. Opera is deffinetally the most malware-prone browser.
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In my opinion, both sandboxing and things like no script are overkill. When you search the web about the new browser versions, IE9 is rated very highly for security by almost every reviewer.
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
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Should always be prefixed/suffixed with 'in your opinion.'
In my opinion as long as IE is so tightly integrated into the Operating System, has BHOs and uses activeX, there will be a risk, which is potentially greater than other browser (Chrome, Firefox, Opera). If you manage to exploit the IE browser you could have in effect exploited the OS.
I gave up on IE many years ago, but I'm forced to continue to update it because it is integrated into the OS you have to keep it up to date and get all the associated security updates for it.
Now the other browsers I mentioned are independent of the OS, not fully integrated and if you choose to abandon that browser for another, you don't have to keep getting updates for it for the life of your computer.
Hopefully the day will come when IE isn't integrated into the OS, then if you like it you can use it and switch browsers as things change and not be forced to continue with the updating of a browser you no longer use.
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
Remember, never in my opinion ;D
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Personally I prefer IE9 - but then I find Firefox fussy to set up, and I am basically idle - In my opinion ;D
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
Remember, never in my opinion ;D
+3 I still smell a dirty little IE8 & IE9 dead rat up my noise ;D
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Remember, never in my opinion ;D
Sure. ;D 8)
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I like firefox but prefer IE9 because i dont have to go finding add on's to make things work, as for which one is less prone to virus attacks i think it is six of one and half a dozen of the other,it really comes down to better browsing habits and a decent security program.
Iv never been infected with IE 7,8,9 or firefox.
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Just to throw another log on the fire, I think Chrome is safer than Firefox, at least in their default installations , without the non-user friendly addons.
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I gave up on IE many years ago, but I'm forced to continue to update it because it is integrated into the OS you have to keep it up to date and get all the associated security updates for it.
Who will can exploit an application that's not in use ??? Whoever tries to exploit your system or another application first need to exploit the browser you are using(bypass it) and then the targeted program(executing it). ;)
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I never thought of that before, it acctually sound like a really good idea. IE9 seems to be safer than other browsers right now but that can change. Opera is deffinetally the most malware-prone browser.
Using Opera for years and I never got any infection whatsoever in my browsing experience using Opera...
Of course Opera didn't stop me frow downloading malware, but it happens because I'm deliberately downloading it for my own malware collection.
The same goes for Firefox and IE. I use it for years and almost never got any infection by using it (I rarely got hit and when it happen I have my antivirus blocking, intercepting, or cleaning it).
So, any browser is malware-prone browser only if it being used by malware-prone user...
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Quote from: DavidR on Yesterday at 04:08:25 PM
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
Remember, never in my opinion
+3 I still smell a dirty little IE8 & IE9 dead rat up my noise
I like firefox but i dont use it because most of the toolbars get installed in the firefox and is a pain to remove them(compleately)....
When i use IE 9, When my browser is unstable i just reset my IE and it comes back to normal self....
Firefox doesnot even have a reset option, hope they include in the next version...
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I like firefox but i dont use it because most of the toolbars get installed in the firefox and is a pain to remove them(compleately)....
Which toolbars...???
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I like firefox but i dont use it because most of the toolbars get installed in the firefox and is a pain to remove them(compleately)....
I never install toolbars. Most of them contain adware anyway and/or clutter my monitor. Be careful what you click when you install something, and opt for a Custom Install so you do not accidentally install an unwanted toolbar. But there are ways to uninstall toolbars too.
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
Remember, never in my opinion ;D
Me too.
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
Remember, never in my opinion ;D
Me too.
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Since I got Firefox,I have never got infected by browser. But I installed IE9,and I got infected.
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I like firefox but i dont use it because most of the toolbars get installed in the firefox and is a pain to remove them(compleately)....
I never install toolbars. Most of them contain adware anyway and/or clutter my monitor. Be careful what you click when you install something, and opt for a Custom Install so you do not accidentally install an unwanted toolbar. But there are ways to uninstall toolbars too.
Never had a problem in this area, no toolbar installs automatically, you have to be somewhat more diligent in the software that you install as many and their friends want to install a browser toolbar (in all of your browsers).
Uncheck any toolbar option in installed software, as I said you have to be diligent and read the installation dialogue windows watching out for toolbar options. Many however, are only seen if you opt for a custom install as the default install will have the toolbar option checked.
So this isn't down to firefox, but the software and due-diligence of the user (or not) in installing toolbars.
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IE 9 is better than firefox....
Never.
Remember, never in my opinion ;D
Me too.
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Sorry.I meant I agreed IE 9 is never better than Firefox. :-[
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Sorry.I meant I agreed IE 9 is never better than Firefox. :-[
I see. ;)
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I use IE9, Chrome and Firefox 4 and when i get bored of using one browser i will change to one of the others. Currently i am using IE9 and find it very good and on the security front. Firefox 4 has useful features like AdBlock and NoScript but i agree that these can sometimes be overkill but i suppose it depends on the type of websites you are viewing. In my opinion it is a little pointless arguing over which browser is best between the 3 i have mentioned as they all do the same job. If you like your add-ons/extensions i would say go for Firefox 4. If you like pure speed the definitely go for Chrome. Tried Safari once and uninstalled it 10mins later.
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Which toolbars...Huh
The toolbars which comes with the software installations like... AVG link scanner, ask toobar, etc...
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Which toolbars...Huh
The toolbars which comes with the software installations like... AVG link scanner, ask toobar, etc...
See Reply #20 and #24... ;)
Btw, if you don't know how to 'not install a toolbar', you should be extremely careful..!! ;D
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Well some software have a compulsory option to install toolbar.....
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Well some software have a compulsory option to install toolbar.....
Every software iv ever downloaded has the option to not install toolbars or browsers and if they didn't or dont you should not be using that software.
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yeah.... That is y i stopped using those kind of software.....
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Use avast safezone web browser. its more safe than both discussed here.. plus regarding toolbars- u can install them and safely disable them in IE options. hence it would not be a problem.