Re: Firefox

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With the latest updates installed, Internet Explorer is no more vulnerable
than alternative third-party browsers. Internet Explorer is a key component
of Windows XP and cannot be removed by design.

For additional Internet Explorer assistance:

Please visit the Internet Explorer newsgroup experts:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"MtnKitty68" wrote:

| I've been advised by a couple of MVP's to not use Internet Explorer as my
| default browser.... to use Firefox instead, because it is less vulnerable
| than Internet Explorer. I therefore, have Firefox, and like it alot.
|
| However, I'm using Juno, which opens to IE. How do I have Juno open to
| Firefox? And more importantly, how do I remove IE?
|
| Thanks so much for any help on this subject.
.

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