Internet explorer defeated by mozilla firefox

AwesomeReaper · **Internet explorer defeated by mozilla firefox -** 09-24-2008, 02:06 AM

is it interesting how many users of this forum actcally use Firefox instead of I.E
personally i love the customization and flexabilty of addons and extension that can be added,
What about you guys????

**phileditin** · 09-24-2008, 02:53 AM

Security, Firefox is a lot more secure than IE7 as you say, it's customizable, but that isn't it only feature, I like the fact it gives an attack site warning on bad sites, it has the noscript addon that blocks flash / Java until you authorize it, this means a far easier surfing ability as bad image hosts or sites with way too many banner ads are limited, thus reducing the risk of malware infections.

One in particular that I know for certain is a banner ad that if allowed sends a popup dialogue about antivirus, this popup then redirects to power antivirus 2009 or fake antivirus 2008 / 2009, both of which are malicious and can, in most cases, lead to reformatting the hdd.

It's a relatively known fact that flash and Java are / have been / being used to spread viruses, malware, spyware and adaware.

That's why I use Firefox.

**corocoro** · 09-24-2008, 05:20 PM

Sadly IE is still widely used - about half of all internet users still have it.
It's good to see that the users here deviate from that norm - I just don't like IE. Certainly can't compete with all the Firefox addons - AdblockPlus being my favourite among then. Blocks all those annoying advertisements, pop-ups, some malicious code and known phishing/malware infected sites.

**esteeef** · 09-24-2008, 05:24 PM

IE always pissed me off until a friend of mine told me to use firefox....
since then i'm happy with this.
And since phil gave me the hint to use "noscript" it became even better

thx again ^^

Greetz,
esteeef

generater · 09-24-2008, 05:31 PM

No script and AdBlock Plus are the first two addons i install after installing FF on any pc,these combined with the AVG safe search plugin help keep the bad guys at bay.

DeVi8i0n · 09-24-2008, 05:37 PM

never tried it

gman88 · 09-26-2008, 05:42 PM

Whichever is faster for me at the time, which right now FF is. Though they seem to be getting bloated with the new FF 3 version.

julien9977 · 09-26-2008, 07:15 PM

If you are using IE, try out Mozilla Firefox, you will never come back to IE again ^^

demonred · 09-26-2008, 10:33 PM

Firefox is awesome.... I don't know anyone who uses I.E. anymore.

Opera is another good browser. It's not as customizable as FF, but it's a little faster.

djoledjole87 · 09-27-2008, 12:03 AM

Log time ago iv stoped to use IE, dont know why :/! try Opera, Flock and Mozilla wich is best of those 4!