PLZ info about browsers,

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by futurefriend, Oct 25, 2003.

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  1. futurefriend

    futurefriend Registered Member

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    hello everyone, just curious, please about browsers, (I am presantly useing win98se, with dsl & IE5.5 -pak2,

    but am looking for a faster more secure browser,,
    HAVE TRIED IE6.1 with patch & don't really like it because it puts a blue tint on all my icons, OPERA was & is occassionally use,d
    but was told about,, and
    WANTED TO ASK ABOUT 2 browsers
    YOUR OPINION ,INFO,WHICH IS BETTER

    IE5.5 or (was told) that "'FIREBIRD by mozilla is good,
    but I thought Mozilla has a lot of spies,
    DOES ANYONE KNOW, putting these 2 side by side, what are some of the good & bad things about them,,,
    thanks F,F,
     
  2. Pieter_Arntz

    Pieter_Arntz Spyware Veteran

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    Hi futurefriend,

    Here are two threads worth reading:

    http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=14940
    http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=14249

    HTH,

    Pieter
     
  3. futurefriend

    futurefriend Registered Member

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    hello "Pieter" it has been awhile hope U & your loved ones well, ok am going to "try" firebird, and see what happens, but also am wondering ,(from the link you provided) MUST I HAVE ALL of this installed to use firebird,??i have some of the programs below but not all,(ie spywareblaster, spybots S & D,also am copying down instructions on installing firebird,
    Must have programs
    Javacool SpywareBlaster
    http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
    Spybot S&D
    http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?lang=en&page=download
    IE-SPYAD
    http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm
    HijackThis
    http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/

    Thanks & take care ok, FF
     
  4. Pieter_Arntz

    Pieter_Arntz Spyware Veteran

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    Hi futurefriend,

    SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D will still be useful, even if you use Mozilla exclusively.
    IE-Spyad will not really be necessary. But the author has a site about Netscape/Mozilla that is very usefull:
    http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/btw/ns7/ns7-opts.htm

    HijackThis is a very powerful trouble-shooting tool, but is does not make it´s own decisions about good or bad. It just follow the user´s instructions and is very capable of ruining your setup if used improperly.

    Regards,

    Pieter
     
  5. the Tester

    the Tester Registered Member

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    Hi futurefriend.

    Firebird and Mozilla don't have spyware.

    Firebird is a fast browser and is customisable.
    I have 4 browsers on my computer and they co-exist with no problems.

    There is a forum at mozillazine where you can monitor the new nightlies and follow the progress of Firebird. ;)

    I hope that you enjoy Firebird.
     
  6. libbo1

    libbo1 Registered Member

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    a recently updated version of Firebird call BlackDiamond is available. I comes with a win installer and is preconfigured with 4 or so popular extensions! For sum1 just getting into FB its a nice way to jump in.

    http://blackdiamond.mozdev.org/installation.html

    As Tester said though u can haave any # of browsers, just install them in different locations.
     
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