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Author Topic: FF/IE7/McAfee  (Read 7841 times)

UncleUB

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FF/IE7/McAfee
« on: August 02, 2008, 10:43:14 AM »

Hi all ,when I use to have IE7 as my browser Mcafee use to remove between 20 and 30 tracking cookies when I did my weekly scan.Since I have been using FireFox Mcafee finds nothing to remove on its weekly scan.My question is this,is FireFox more secure than IE7?
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2008, 10:46:48 AM »

My question is this,is FireFox more secure than IE7?

The short answer is YES!

I noticed a big difference when i moved over to Firefox... most of the malware scanners find beggar all tracking cookies, or other carp for that matter.
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2008, 11:08:37 AM »

Thanks Floydy  :)
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2008, 11:11:18 AM »

You're welcome :)

Nice to see another FF convert BTW.
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2008, 11:22:54 AM »

You're welcome :)

Nice to see another FF convert BTW.

Well it was Kate(Scottiesmum) who twisted my arm(with all the trouble I caused her and TD I think they wanted to twist my neck)  :D
Must admit I am well impressed with FF,especially how much faster web pages load.  :)
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2008, 11:33:48 AM »

Yes it is much faster than IE.... just get the right add-ons and you're cooking on gas. :)
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2008, 11:36:16 AM »

btw re tracking cookies

There was a bit of a discussion the last month about those
http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=2270.msg70207#msg70207
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2008, 11:39:55 AM »

Ah yes, I remember now.... I never did send you those cookies did I?
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2008, 12:29:54 PM »

coookie luv


okay sorry - refrains from making anymore BB9 references - the "cookie love" thing annoys me too.
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2008, 12:54:28 PM »

Yes it is much faster than IE.... just get the right add-ons and you're cooking on gas. :)

And the right add-ons are.............................................
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2008, 01:31:56 PM »

  Unc ....   

I use quite a number of Add-ons ...  other users would probably think a lot of them are unnecessary, but I tend to treat add-ons like gadgets !! and I love gadgets !!!   None of them seem to take up a lot of resources .... I have the Morning Coffee add-on which loads all my regular tabs on opening FF.  Ad-Block Plus is another one which I find useful for stopping annoying ads. I also have Image Show/Hide which is virtually the same as Ad-Block, but gets rid of ALL the images on a web page at the click of the button.     I have No Squint where I can increase text size for some of the extremely ineligible pages I come across now and again at the click of a button. WOT tells me the trustworthiness of site ... not sure it's necessary but it's interesting :: :D  I use Fox Clocks which for me is extremely useful as I 'phone people in the Ukraine, Portugal, Canada, the UK and NSW  .. and I have all their time zones  at a glance.    I also have Flag Fox which again is probably definitely not necessary but I  do find it interesting to see the location of the different serves...  I've had a few surprises with that one !   I use Fast Dial and find that very useful for storing sites that I want to get to quickly.  Favicon Picker  is definitely a gadget ... ;D   but I like it ....  I imagine a lot of people are shaking their heads  :lol:  but it really is horses for courses ...some are very good for security purposes ..others for 'fun' ... I cannot get along with the IE tab at all  ... it makes FF crash ...but up to now I've not noticed any problems without it.   Anyway hope this helps and gives you some ideas  .....and not lead you astray   :lol:
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2008, 02:22:35 PM »

coookie luv


okay sorry - refrains from making anymore BB9 references - the "cookie love" thing annoys me too.

I have no idea what you are referring to - is that good or bad?
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2008, 02:27:28 PM »

Yes it is much faster than IE.... just get the right add-ons and you're cooking on gas. :)

And the right add-ons are.............................................

It's all a matter of personal preference, I have:

British English Dictionary
Adblock Plus
Downthemall (downloads manager)
IE Tab (so you can switch to the IE engine when sites don't display correctly in FF)
Tiny URL Creator
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2008, 04:59:23 PM »

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I use Fast Dial

lol that one caught me out..   Having used Operas Speed dial for many years I installed FF's Fast dial.
What caught me out is wondering why I would have pop-ups telling me I had a PM on various forum sites that I wasnt even visiting at the time.
What I later realised is that unlike Operas speeddial which keeps a cached image copy, FF's Fast dial actually makes a connection to the site every time you open a fresh instance of FF.
So therefore it was automatically logging me into this forum each time I opened FF, even if I wasnt viewing the site. 


SearchBox Companion is another FF add-on that I use often, as it highlights the text youve searched for on a page.
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Re: FF/IE7/McAfee
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2008, 05:01:39 PM »


coookie luv

okay sorry - refrains from making anymore BB9 references - the "cookie love" thing annoys me too.

I have no idea what you are referring to - is that good or bad?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MTuSx13Wos



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