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From: Where Critters Are Free
Originally Posted by Crash687
Check the spelling and puncuation and check here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html
you may need to start your computer in safe mode to get rid of the virus.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html
you may need to start your computer in safe mode to get rid of the virus.
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From: Where Critters Are Free
Originally Posted by Skottt
Firefox is an excellent browser, and sure to keep getting better with new releases. I recommend it to everyone.
It has far fewer security holes, and the ones it does have aren't nearly as severe as the ones in IE. You can compare the two here:
http://secunia.com/product/11/
http://secunia.com/product/4227/
Firefox also has what they call Extensions, which are third party add-ons that add functionality to the browser. More are being developed all the time.
The drawback of using Firefox, or rather, not using IE, is that some websites require you to use IE to access them. In those cases, if I really want to visit the site, I just start IE and use it for only that website.
Hopefully web developers will start to pay more attention to alternate browsers now that IE seems to be losing its dominance in the market share. It's down to 90.3% (Jan 14th) from its peak of 95.5% last June. That's not a huge drop in terms of percentages, but if you take a look at how many people have downloaded Firefox it's significant. As of today, Firefox 1.0 downloads have topped 20 million since November 9th.
Maybe this will convince a few of you to protect your computer, and personal information by using Firefox.
It has far fewer security holes, and the ones it does have aren't nearly as severe as the ones in IE. You can compare the two here:
http://secunia.com/product/11/
http://secunia.com/product/4227/
Firefox also has what they call Extensions, which are third party add-ons that add functionality to the browser. More are being developed all the time.
The drawback of using Firefox, or rather, not using IE, is that some websites require you to use IE to access them. In those cases, if I really want to visit the site, I just start IE and use it for only that website.
Hopefully web developers will start to pay more attention to alternate browsers now that IE seems to be losing its dominance in the market share. It's down to 90.3% (Jan 14th) from its peak of 95.5% last June. That's not a huge drop in terms of percentages, but if you take a look at how many people have downloaded Firefox it's significant. As of today, Firefox 1.0 downloads have topped 20 million since November 9th.
Maybe this will convince a few of you to protect your computer, and personal information by using Firefox.
Sorry but those links do not open.
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I'm not sure why the links go to the Library of Congress website. Anybody know?
If you copy and paste the link into your browser, they will work. The last link is http://www.getfirefox.com/
If you copy and paste the link into your browser, they will work. The last link is http://www.getfirefox.com/
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From: Where Critters Are Free
Originally Posted by Skottt
I'm not sure why the links go to the Library of Congress website. Anybody know?
If you copy and paste the link into your browser, they will work. The last link is http://www.getfirefox.com/
If you copy and paste the link into your browser, they will work. The last link is http://www.getfirefox.com/
Firefox does not work that well on my system. Thanks anyways.
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