German government warns against using MS Explorer

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  1. Posts : 328
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       #10

    pezzonovante said:
    IE8 and Chrome have Protected Mode support. But Firefox has no such features. Plus the default Firefox UI is very very ugly. That's why I don't use Firefox. IE8 and Chrome 4 are awesome browsers.
    Chrome has almost no features (which can be nice, though), IE apparently has leaks.
    Looks are subjective... but in my FF I see the bookmarks, the top with the address and tabs and th bottom with the weather forecast plugin. It's not Miss Universe, but not ugly. the largest part of the screen is the website itself.

    how else would it look like? all browsers kind of look the same besides some different color schemes, and function-specific buttons.
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  2.    #11

    Kind of peculiar that a company without access to the source code for windows can create a browser that benchmarks 5x as fast and is more secure than IE.
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  3. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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  4. Posts : 154
    Windows XP-Pro-SP3, Windows 7
       #13

    For years, I've been telling my friends and customers "Don't use I.E. It just ain't safe!"

    For a long time I used Netscape, but now since Firefox was first released, that's all I ever use. Need I.E. compatibility? Then use the I.E.Tab for Firefox. Simple!

    Doc
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  5. Posts : 2,528
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
       #14

    Nevermind that IE has actually had fewer vunerabilities in recent years than any other browser .

    Such "recomendations" are compeltely useless and even damaging. If everyone jumped to FF (Still full of holes monthly) then THAT will become the biggest attack vector.

    Education on how to use ANY browser securely (and they ALL can including IE) is far more educational. This is all very much like the "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for one day, Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life." parable...
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  6. Posts : 68
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       #15

    fseal said:
    Nevermind that IE has actually had fewer vunerabilities in recent years than any other browser .

    Such "recomendations" are compeltely useless and even damaging. If everyone jumped to FF (Still full of holes monthly) then THAT will become the biggest attack vector.

    Education on how to use ANY browser securely (and they ALL can including IE) is far more educational. This is all very much like the "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for one day, Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for the rest of his life." parable...
    I've never had a problem with Firefox. I simply don't feel safe using Internet Explorer. It may be the fact they have a horrible track record, but I refuse to use Internet Explorer, even with all their "more secure than..." claims.
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  7. Posts : 2,685
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86-64
       #16

    I use Opera, which isn't really affected since not many people use it.
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  8. Posts : 4,925
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    Last edited by swarfega; 20 Jan 2010 at 08:52.
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  9. Posts : 428
    Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
       #18

    I've always used IE with some intermittent use of Netscape, Opera and others when I dual booted with Linux. I've been on the Net since 1995 and never been infected.

    I was infected once in my pre-Net days. By a floppy from work.

    Best practices keep a lot of demons at bay.
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  10. Posts : 554
    Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1
       #19

    I'm not a fan of IE, but let's be realistic here. If you use IE8 in Vista or 7, and have UAC enabled (which powers the Protected Mode), you're going to be pretty safe. My beef with IE isn't because of security (although that was my main issue with it back in the IE6 and earlier days), it's the lack of features.
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