Internet Explorer problems?

[Lex_Luthor]

I know what the problem is. It's that you're using IE! IE is a horrible browser IMHO. Like said above, get Firefox or Google Chrome. I haven't used Chrome yet, but I've heard good things about it. Anyone know if it's compatible with Linux? I would venture to assume so.

[Zundfolge]

Using a web browser that is also your operating system's file browser is like using your penis to stir the water in a brothel toilet.

Firefox or Chrome are my recommendations (I'd probably switch to Chrome if it wasn't for several extensions I've come dependent on in Firefox ... that and I suspect Google is evil).

[Hoosier]

IE Zero day exploit which is supposed to be emergency patched today:

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/dai...ix-Tuesday.htm

For the love of god, do not run Internet Exploder. Also, make sure you have real antivirus software installed, that it's up to date and operational. Make sure you rotate your passwords and use different passwords for different sites. A frequent method is to come up with a password scheme that involves placing the domain name, or first X characters of the domain name, in as part of the password. Not fool proof, but better than using the same thing everywhere.

Make sure you've set a password on your wireless router, if you have one, and that you've enabled encryption and passwords in order to get on your WiFi network.

Also make sure you have backups of all your important data. http://backblaze.com is $5 a month, also Evernote, Dropbox, SugarSync are other options.

H.

[weirjf]

I know what the problem is. It's that you're using IE! IE is a horrible browser IMHO. Like said above, get Firefox or Google Chrome. I haven't used Chrome yet, but I've heard good things about it. Anyone know if it's compatible with Linux? I would venture to assume so.

I've found that the large majority of complaints about OS and apps aren't the OS and apps. I've owned 4 computers in 15 years and I've never had an issue with crashes, lockups, blue screens, viruses, malware, etc...

I build my computer with hardware I know works well with each other and are stable and I stay off of gray sites (porn, warez, etc). I don't even have an antivirus installed, I have a thumb drive with an updated AV that runs a scan every night and I have never gotten a virus on any of my computers. Most of that is just knowing what not to do, open and click on.

The only exception would be - Windows ME and Windows Vista which had issues from day 1. I hate those guys so much.

[Lex_Luthor]

Using a web browser that is also your operating system's file browser is like using your penis to stir the water in a brothel toilet.

BWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[roberth]

It's Microsoft, the world biggest and most contagious virus...and we PAY for it....in more ways than one.

Get Firefox or Chrome, I use both.

[spyder]

It's funny reading all of these, last night IE on my computer that I use started to not work and kicked me off all of a sudden. Then every time I opened it, it would tell me "a program has stopped internet explorer from working". After I ran every virus program and all of the crap I have on this computer, nothing fixed it and I had to do a system restore to get it to work again.

[Hoosier]

I've found that the large majority of complaints about OS and apps aren't the OS and apps. I've owned 4 computers in 15 years and I've never had an issue with crashes, lockups, blue screens, viruses, malware, etc...

I build my computer with hardware I know works well with each other and are stable and I stay off of gray sites (porn, warez, etc). I don't even have an antivirus installed, I have a thumb drive with an updated AV that runs a scan every night and I have never gotten a virus on any of my computers. Most of that is just knowing what not to do, open and click on.

That's not safe. It's only a matter of time before you pick up a piece of malware. Even "safe" sites run banners that come from advertising networks, and I have personally seen (on a site I managed) advertisers trying to feed malware out through banners. You need something that's monitoring each website as it loads. My two cents, of course, but in the event you get a virus, are you ever going to trust that install again?

I say we blast off and nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

H.

[Zundfolge]

Gotta agree with Hoosier here, weirjf you're playing Russian Roulette (unless all you do with your computer is visit this forum and maybe play a little solitaire).

Of course my computers at home run without any anti-virus protection without any problems but then again one of them is running OSX and the other Linux Mint 10

[weirjf]

That's not safe. It's only a matter of time before you pick up a piece of malware. Even "safe" sites run banners that come from advertising networks, and I have personally seen (on a site I managed) advertisers trying to feed malware out through banners. You need something that's monitoring each website as it loads. My two cents, of course, but in the event you get a virus, are you ever going to trust that install again?

I say we blast off and nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

H.

15 years, zero viruses

Of course i've been in IT for most of 17 years so I know how the stuff works.

I never click on ads which is mostly what keeps me safe (and staying away from the gray sites), if I want to check out what they have to offer I search for the site. I don't recomend this for 99.9% of people out there, I've just seen enough people make the mistakes and had to clean up their mess to not make them myself. From my experience, people are their own worst enemies when it comes to getting this stuff, it only has half to do with what they are using. If the virus community wanted to target Linux and Firefox, they could... MS makes money from their product so they are the primary target.