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

From: Alias (aka_at_maskedandanonymous.com)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:25:55 +0100

"Galen" <Galen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7C60692F-F7FC-4D9A-8A81-F5F52B840693@microsoft.com...
| 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!

Um, I have XP Pro and don't have the problems you are having with IE. Why is
that? Could it possibly be (gasp!) YOU and not IE? Course, I use Spybot and
Adaware and have Spywareblaster and Spywareguard installed and it seems you
don't. You can get a virus with Firefox, btw. A friend got a JavaByte one
the other day ... 

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|
| "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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