[thelist] security strategy - is mine flawed?
Tom Dell'Aringa
pixelmech at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 16 16:38:37 CST 2003
--- Burhan Khalid <thelist at meidomus.com> wrote:
> Run Mozilla -- sometimes, progams can hijack IE settings and cause
> strange things to happen. Also you didn't mention programs like
> Ad-Aware, which are great for weeding out unwanted guests on your
> computer. I know once I made Mozilla my primary browser (not my
> default browser), incidents like what you describe were reduced to
> almost nil.
I forgot to mention, I do indeed use Ad-aware and Spybot. I've tried
a few times to make Mozilla and/or Firebird my primary browser. I
can't seem to get used to either. I always end up having some problem
it seems. Maybe I should try harder.
> Also, Mozilla's mail reader seems to be immune to all those pesky
> Outlook-specific worms. Other good ones are The Bat (
> http://www.ritlabs.com ) and Pegasus.
I use only Yahoo! for email, so not a problem there.
> If you run any "sponsored" software -- they might install programs
> without your knowledge.
True, but I don't :)
Tom
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