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Originally Posted by SteveA If you avoid using IE, you're immune to the vast majority of malicious web based software.
"Opera should be avoided" - why, when you can still use IE for the very few sites that demand it?
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What about if you avoid using the web altogether? Then you will be immune to the vast majority of malicious we based software.
IE is as secure as YOU want to make it, all you got to do is change the settings - no different to FF or any other browser. OK they may not be set by default but security and accessibility is always a fine balance.
If you care to quote me fully I explained the reason IMO that Opera should be avoided - compatibility issues.
And why is everyone so keen to bash MS products all the time in preference for FF and Opera?
Both FF and Opera have there faults and security risks in exactly the same way as IE does. Yet when they are highlighted someone always says "Were they current versions?" It doesn't matter what browser you use, you should always be uptodate on the following things:
Browser version
Security updates
Anit Virus updates
Firewall and spyware/adware/malware
You could go further, of course with popup blockers, whitelists and blacklists and what about categorisation, privacy and certificates?
The internet is only as safe as you make it - its not IE's fault.
Oh and I use IE and FF on a daily basis - although I do prefer to avoid Opera whenever possible, but there is always somebody who thinks they are clever by using it.....they are usually programmers or linux bods.