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wayfaring man said:Okay , well let's say there may be some added vulnerability in the Firefox Browser because of the " open source code " , would having good firewall protection keep would be hackers at bay ?
superfly said:really? according to http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/10/ie_sp2_exploit/ and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/30/ms_phel_vuln/ and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/18/ie_security_bugs_again/ your statement is wrong. you're obviously not looking in the right places for your sources.
flashwizard said:Unfortuantely I wish that was true. But having a good firewall is irrelevant because it must open ports that the browser uses to make persistent connections. And that is how it gets exploited through the firewall.
SirKenin said:It would, and so would having spybot with teatimer. Thing is if you're going to use that you might as well use Internet Explorer and view the entire web the way it was meant to be seen (unless you're a fanboy that is).
wayfaring man said:Actually , I don't " know " enough to be a " fanboy " in the PC realm .
But I do have the " teatimer " that comes with Spybot .
Is there anything else , you could recommend ?
i don't *guess* like you. i go according to the facts... that's only 3 of the many news articles around. the thing is that we don't make such a fuss about ie and windows holes BECAUSE THEY ARE SO COMMON.Oh no. Three!!! How many for Firefox in the same time period using the same SP2??? I'll let you guess.
superfly said:get the facts.
superfly said:on the other hand, you can do what i do, and just not use windows at all. i use linux (suse linux), and i don't worry about any of the above, plus i have a computer that never hangs, crashes or gives me useless, encrypted error messages.
wayfaring man said:Okay , then what do you recommend for the sake of safe internet browsing ?
SirKenin said:Yup. Microsoft Antispyware Beta is very good. If you have XP check it out.
flashwizard said:Best way that is most overlooked -> be educated and not skeptic. There is a huge difference. Skeptics are the types of people that shut of cookies and javascript in there browser because they're afraid that something bad is going to get them because this is what they have "heard." Being educated is knowing what sites to stay away from, what content can exploit your machine, and when to give out your credit card number for shopping (e.g. is the site SSL secured and what is their reputation?), and how to go about a problem when and if something suspicious pops up.