Re: How can I kill IE?!?!?!!?

From: Galen (Galen_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:17:06 -0800

Honestly, this is the deal: When I open IE, it never retains my original
start page (google), and it is followed by three or four popups (regardless
of whether the popup blocker is active). When I open firefox, nothing
happens that shouldn't. Popups only open in IE..... and I am using a linksys
router with the firewall active, and have McAfee security suite installed...
including its firewall. The spyware sweeper is run daily, and I typically
forbid sites to install apps on my computer. But, it seems that MIE is still
the flaw in my internet security.

Understand that I'm not a Microsoft hater..... I like XP (great improvements
from 98) and I use alot of MS software without complaints. It's unfortunate,
though, that I don't have the option of chosing my own web browser in MS XP.
 And yes, SP2 is installed. So, RJK, I'm not an idiot or ignorant or
uncaring or uninterested when it comes to the process of internet
security....... and I've reached the point where I'm fet up with MIE, and
removing it/freezing it or demanding that it be overhauled is the next step
in the ever-continueing process of security. I'm glad that your effort to
use IE properly has worked well for you..... for me it seems like it isn't
worth the effort, or the effort isn't effective enough. Kudos to Mozilla for
creating a superior browser..... and bad bad microsoft for not letting me use
it!

"RJK" wrote:

> With sensibly set IE security settings, a decent and correctly set up
> firewall in place, and making a little effort to add web addresses that you
> trust to not send malicious software, into IE's trusted sites zone, and
> perhaps into the firewalls' web list, use of the hosts file, and an
> autoconfiguration script, switching off the "MS Messenger service - network
> alerter / messaging service or whatever it's called," and a few other common
> sense odds and ends - there's nothing really wrong with IE. ...other than
> it being riddled with security issues !
>
> I mean, if visiting an "unknown" flashy web site and IE asks you if you want
> to allow ActiveX controls to run in your browser window - you say "NO"
> ....don't you ? ...and if IE asks you if you want to allow scripting or
> Java Applets to run and you have no idea what they're going to do because
> the site is strange to you ...surely one would click "NO" or "DENY." ?!?!
>
> ....ps I've gone back to Norton Internet Security. I tried using Avast and
> Zonealarm. ...didn't like Avast, didn't like Zonealarm because a little
> bubble thingy kept flashing on and off on top of ZA's system tray red/green
> "LED"-like icon in my system tray. And there seemed to be nowhere in ZA
> that could give me details of all open connections, like in Norton.
>
> IE is fine if you take the effort to use it properly, and make a little
> effort to set it up properly, and make a little effort find out a little
> about general internet security :-)
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
> "Galen" <Galen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AAFD24C7-5161-40B2-A60D-29F210066A7F@microsoft.com...
> > Now that I've switched to Mozilla Firefox (which I highly recommend), I
> > want
> > to completely remove MIE from my system due to security issues; popups are
> > still sneaking through via IE.... and microsoft anti-spyware hasn't helped
> > either. But, when I went to uninstall IE, it only removed the links to
> > the
> > software.... IE still very much exists on my computer and the popups are
> > still taking full advantage......
> >
> > any ideas?
>
>
>

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