Microsoft sees 'huge increase' in IE attacks

InfoWorld ^ | 15 Dec 2008 | Gregg Keizer

[Bigh4u2]

Possibly..

But that would seem to be a possible issue of being denied your right to choose any operating system you want and maybe a lawsuit against Microsoft as well..

Not sure.

Just guessing.

[RobRoy]

I went to Firefox over two years ago.

I used to run adaware every couple of days. I removed it a couple of months after I switched to firefox.

Haven’t had a problem since.

Firefox simply does not have tentacles into Windows like IE does. It can only be exploited by hackers to a point.

[stimulant]

If you log on with Firefox, Microsoft denies access to I.E. updates? I use Firefox all the time but I've not made it my default browser and therefore have complete access.Also.Firefox has a feature in which one could embed I.E. in Firefox. Try their Add-ons.

[RobRoy]

I still have IE on my computer for sites that only work with IE. I have not opened it in over a year though. Usually, if a company does not want to bother with making their site Firefox compatible, I don’t want to bother them with my business.

‘Course, for government stuff it is different.Those guys have guns, for crying out loud, and the authority to use ‘em!

[Red Badger]

If MS had the hardware mfrs put in something that would not allow the hardware to work with any other OS, that would be “maintaining an monopoly” and as such would be illegal, big time..........Having a monopoly isn’t illegal. Maintaining one is.........

[RobRoy]

I may move to Chrome in a couple of releases, if it gives me a reason.

So far I have no complaints with Firefox. It just works too well for me to even bother looking for anything else.

Firefox and Winamp are my favorite “freeware” software.

[stimulant]

I use Firefox,and my O.S. is Vista. I have no problems. Contact Customer Services(Sony).

[Red Badger]

I keep IE on the HD just for that purpose. I never use it otherwise........

[GATOR NAVY]

Vista and Firefox do not get along very well, so I use Opera most of the time.

I hadn't heard that. Sounds like another reason to avoid Vista. So far I've not gone to Vista simply because I don't want to upgrade my hardware and what I have works fine with XP.

[Clinging Bitterly]

I use IE for some sites, particularly sites with content I want to save as portable searchable html files. Mainly because it's easier to use IE to do that in the way it assigns filenames and the available format options. A malware helper is hooked up that alerts on links suspected of containing bad stuff.

A tightened up Portable version of Firefox for almost everything else. I like the PortableApps.com modified version, which does not attach itself to the operating system. Along with the NoScript add on and some assorted media helpers. That setup is sort of bandwidth hungry because it has no cache (to enable use on small flashdrives), but it keeps the junk out of the registry and everything it does put onto the drive is controllable. It has trouble with sites that require execution of some external apps, but mostly ones I wouldn't want to run anyway.

[stimulant]

Safari is very fast. I like it, but I don’t believe its Browser can effectively prevent malicious virus or spyware like Firefox, or even I.E. 8.

[Clinging Bitterly]

You could just put Leopard on the Vaio.

[JimRed]

The company has offered up a total of nine different workarounds for IE users, several of which require editing of the Windows registry, a chore most users assiduously avoid.

And with some of us older dudes it would help to know what the heck a Windows registry IS!

;^)