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Old Jan 17, 2010, 07:26 AM
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"The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm
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Old Jan 17, 2010, 10:27 AM
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Blah, I have never liked IE. I have used Mozilla Firefox for about 5 years and I love it.
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Old Jan 17, 2010, 12:55 PM
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Yeah, my computer used to get infected all the time when I used internet explorer, so I switched over to firefox about a year or two ago and it hasn't got infected since
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Old Jan 17, 2010, 01:33 PM
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Yeah, I use Google Chrome now and love it for most things.
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Old Jan 17, 2010, 05:38 PM
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Haven't used ie for years, largely for that reason (and because I hate the fact that they assume I want ie when the os is installed...it is obnoxiously sticky to get rid of...kinda like a virus itself!)...google chrome is my favourite, followed by firefox.
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Old Jan 17, 2010, 07:23 PM
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"The German government has warned web users to find an alternative browser to Internet Explorer to protect security."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm
Ive used internet explorer for a few years now and have never had any problems. The schools I have gone to and now attend also used internet explorer and they have never had any problems. I also use Macafee Security system which blocks all security problems. the security package I have includes antivirus, anti spam, anti hacker, antiabuse, and firewall. I got it at walmart for $49.99 and it tells me when I have a virus, quarentines it and removes it. it tells me when someone is trying to hack into my computer and shuts them out, does virus scaans on demand and as prgrammed, and doesnt allow any spamming computers send me anything. With all this theres no reason for me to worry. Besides that, microsoft does send updates and patches to my computer weekly that fixes any problems. My computer has a yellow arrow in the systems try that tells me when updates are available, I click on that and it tells me what the updates are for. I choose which updates I want to install. I am confident that I can continue using microsoft programs including IE with no problems at all.
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Old Jan 18, 2010, 10:26 AM
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"France has echoed calls by the German government for web users to find an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to protect security."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8465038.stm
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 03:20 PM
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Microsoft patches IE, admits it knew of bug last August

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...ug_last_August
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