Comments on: Firefox is the solution to Spyware http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2004/10/firefox-is-the-solution-to-spyware.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FX Raid http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2004/10/firefox-is-the-solution-to-spyware.html/comment-page-1#comment-10772 FX Raid Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:51:04 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=170#comment-10772 I suggest you read <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.h...</a>. Firefox is NOT a SOLUTION to Spyware. I suggest you read http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.h…. Firefox is NOT a SOLUTION to Spyware.

]]> By: Corey Henderson http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2004/10/firefox-is-the-solution-to-spyware.html/comment-page-1#comment-390 Corey Henderson Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:47:21 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=170#comment-390 Were you running Win XP Service Pack 2? I really don't get spyware on IE, honest. I understand we all want to put pressure on MS to get out a new version of IE, but telling my mom to upgrade to Firefox isn't a good idea. (and mom's being an example here) She'll harass me about why her bank website stops working, why she can't get her shockwave bingo working. <i>I switched to Firefox before SP2 came out so I don't know if that would have fixed my problem. However, I've had virtually no website performance / functionality issues with Firefox. Yeah - I have to download the plugins, but Firefox is pretty smart about how to manage that. My mom would probably be frustrated by it, but my dad could handle it.</i> Were you running Win XP Service Pack 2?

I really don’t get spyware on IE, honest.

I understand we all want to put pressure on MS to get out a new version of IE, but telling my mom to upgrade to Firefox isn’t a good idea. (and mom’s being an example here) She’ll harass me about why her bank website stops working, why she can’t get her shockwave bingo working.

I switched to Firefox before SP2 came out so I don’t know if that would have fixed my problem. However, I’ve had virtually no website performance / functionality issues with Firefox. Yeah – I have to download the plugins, but Firefox is pretty smart about how to manage that. My mom would probably be frustrated by it, but my dad could handle it.

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