Firefox Warning
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I recommend installing an extension for firefox called No Script.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/
It disables java and javascript by default for all webpages. You just need to click on the menu in the bottom right corner to reenable it for any website. Only mildly irritating and can protect you from stuff like this.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/
It disables java and javascript by default for all webpages. You just need to click on the menu in the bottom right corner to reenable it for any website. Only mildly irritating and can protect you from stuff like this.
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That's what I've got. 
Don
Power mad g33ks on a powertrip.
What they are withholding serves no decent purpose, other than to line their own pockets. They would also be alientating a large number of savvy internet users who prefer firefox.
They could easliy have presented this face to face in a private setting, been paid handsomly, then left happy they had done some good.
My understanding would that they had no good intentions from the beginning, why not submit the bugs as accumilated... They have stockpiled to gain a stronger position, not a bad business strategy, but buy publicly outing the bugs and refusing to follow the mainstream (lucrative) bug reporting procedure they have attempted to elevate themselves. They now just appear as crazed nazi nerds.
What they are withholding serves no decent purpose, other than to line their own pockets. They would also be alientating a large number of savvy internet users who prefer firefox.
They could easliy have presented this face to face in a private setting, been paid handsomly, then left happy they had done some good.
My understanding would that they had no good intentions from the beginning, why not submit the bugs as accumilated... They have stockpiled to gain a stronger position, not a bad business strategy, but buy publicly outing the bugs and refusing to follow the mainstream (lucrative) bug reporting procedure they have attempted to elevate themselves. They now just appear as crazed nazi nerds.
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Day by day, I am put off by Firefox and it's quirky little bugs. Stupid things, like not being able to copy and paste sometimes, not being able backspace in text boxes sometimes, iSketch dropping connection in FF but not in IE.
That's the main ones I can think of - add them all together, and it can make an unpleasurable experience of FF.
Roll on the day when I get my hands on IE7 - I use my middle mouse button so much to open links in new tabs, it's silly.
That's the main ones I can think of - add them all together, and it can make an unpleasurable experience of FF.
Roll on the day when I get my hands on IE7 - I use my middle mouse button so much to open links in new tabs, it's silly.
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Jumpingmedic said:
Cheers.
Installed as we speak.
So i just allow sites i know and like, (this one for example) and when am browsing in places i've never been leave it on?
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dokko said:
Yup, websites you know and trust will be fine.. most websites will run fine without java, some will have various functions disabled but are still usable. Some wont work at all. Just use some common sense and weigh the risk of allowing java with the benefit of what you expect to get from the website. It's not foolproof, you could accidently enable java on a site that looks ok and be hit by this... but it certainly cuts the risk a lot. If it doesn't absolutely need java.. don't enable it.
Be aware No Script can also cause password boxes and Macromedia Flash files to fail. You'll have to allow the website in this case. Try to rememeber you've installed it because occasionally it can appear that a website is broken when in fact it's just because of this extention, heh.
Make sure you check the options out too, there's lots of them to explore that change the way it works.
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Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, Firefox, as far as I've ever been able to make out, relies on security by obscurity and hoping people won't do anything because they aren't the evil microsoft(tm)...
This is why I use opera
This is why I use opera
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Botnets are machines that have been infected by a type of malware/trojan that allows the creator/provider to control the infected machine. Using it as a bot to distribute Spam, viruses/malware.
However the distributor could have their malware on any number of machines (i think the largest botnet discovered was about 500,000 machines). Allowing him/her to send out masses of malware/viruses/spam.
However the distributor could have their malware on any number of machines (i think the largest botnet discovered was about 500,000 machines). Allowing him/her to send out masses of malware/viruses/spam.
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Dolph said:This is why I use opera
At least until Opera becomes mainstream enough that people decide it's worth putting the time and effort into finding and exploiting the bugs that are in that.
It always amuses me when people go on about using Linux/MacOS/FireFox or whatever is the current in thing and cite the 'fact' that it's secure as an argument for using it. Simple fact is no software is secure, it's just that some software is more likely to be targetted.
You use Opera because it is still obscure?Dolph said:Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, Firefox, as far as I've ever been able to make out, relies on security by obscurity and hoping people won't do anything because they aren't the evil microsoft(tm)...
This is why I use opera
kaiowas said:
Opera is a much more mature, professionally developed product that has been around for over 10 years. It has a clear owner and development/correction process and it's easy to identify who to complain to when a problem is found.
That's where it differs dramatically from Firefox...
Sure, no software is totally secure, but I know who I trust more, and it isn't the ones who's primary promotion tactic seems to have been that they aren't microsoft...
dirtydog said:You use Opera because it is still obscure?
No, I use opera because it's stable, well developed, bug free and as reasonably secure as you can expect. It's also well featured and well programmed in terms of system usage, and any security issues found are dealt with in a timely fashion (unlike many of the Firefox issues discovered in the past...)
Zip, yes, opera is free.
Harsh and unfair I thinkDolph said:
Firefox was significantly more secure than IE6 for a long time, and it boasts a multitude of features that IE6 lacks. IE7 has caught up features wise but still lags behind. It stands up as a great browser without needing to rely on a silly anti-Microsoft stance.