 stetVolitar Prime
join:2002-03-08
Warren, MI | required for IE only I'm assuming this is a tool only needed if you insist on continuing to use IE. I've never had my home page hijacked or other strange hijacking happen with Mozilla.
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 kenyg
join:2001-02-09
Hatboro, PA | Re: required for IE only I've never had my PC hijacked either - but I've had to clean up plenty a pc that was trashed with spyware/adware.
That CWS thing was a royal pain - and I was at my wits end, until I found that CWShredder too.
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|  StECProudPremium
join:2003-11-27
NiagaraFalls | Same story here CWShredder saved my sanity as I was about too lose it when I was told to try this program & it finally got it off my system.
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 Doctor FourMy other vehicle is a TARDISPremium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | You can say that again! IE is the vector for more ActiveX
drive-by download and exploit based malware than anything
else. And CoolWebSearch is the worst of the lot. Where
lop.com was once the most hated name on the Internet, that
is fast being replaced by CoolWebSearch. Hopefully someone
will carry the torch in Merijn's place and continue to
develop this tool, maybe the folks over at Lavasoft or
Patrick Kolla perhaps? But there's two other good defenses
against CWS as well: MVPS/HPGuru's hosts files, and Spyware
Blaster.
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 Pz_
join:2001-03-31
Brownsburg, IN | Its been so long since I've used IE that I almost forgot about that sort of thing. Something opened it the other day though, and its homepage was changed to something else.
Eh, whatever.  Firefox rules. | |
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| Nax1Premium
join:2002-05-17
Longmont, CO | Re: required for IE only Well, as a previous post in this thread pointed out, you're just burying your head in the sand be switching to those other browsers and purporting that that's a way to solve your problems.
Why else would there be products like these »www.nsclean.com/nsclean.html ?
I understand that those browsers are a very small minority of the browsers being used out there, and if they need products like NSclean NOW, just think how bad it would be if they actually became popular. | |
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Well, as a previous post in this thread pointed out, you're just burying your head in the sand be switching to those other browsers and purporting that that's a way to solve your problems.
Why else would there be products like these »www.nsclean.com/nsclean.html ?
I understand that those browsers are a very small minority of the browsers being used out there, and if they need products like NSclean NOW, just think how bad it would be if they actually became popular.
I understand the urge behind these types of replies. But ... you need to realise that ActiveX and MS's "domain/zone" security are _unique_ to MS. Therefore, _all_, repeat _all_ exploits based upon these uniquely MS "features" are indeed not an issue for other browsers.
Switching to another browser is _not_ engendering a false sense of security where these unique to MS exploits are concerned. Remember, for your argument to be true, each of the compared browsers must have the _same_ feature set. They don't. There are whole classes of common IE related exploits which simply don't apply to other browsers.
Now, if you want to compare _like_ security flaws, that is a different issue. The reality is that switching to an alternative browser really does reduce your security exposure. Period.
I've seen no one claim that alternative browsers can't have security flaws. OTOH, _you_ are sticking your head in the sand to keep claiming that other browsers are just as potentially bad as IE. Pure and simple - IE's non web standard functionalities leave IE users exposed to security exploits which are unique to IE itself. This is on top of potential security issues that all web browsers may share. | |
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 keith2468Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB | Now that CERT is recommending people switch from MSIE, there will be a push by hackers to develop more tools that work on the other browsers.
And they can be developed because those products do have vulnerabilities. | |
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|  ssj4androidRedefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI | Re: required for IE only There are already some auto spyware downloads for mozilla. One was called browser enchancer or something. At least I assumed it was spyware (poped up asking me to install something randomly). Of course, you still need to click install, but I think it's juse as dangerous as activex for IE. | |
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