02-02-2006, 08:12 PM
Keyser Soze Wrote:you cannot get a virus from opening an email message, reading a webpage, or downloading a file.
you get viruses from opening a file attached to an email or downloading and running a file from a webpage.
what this has to do with IE versus FF, you need to explain and educate me about.
Email - ok, if you dont open attachments chances are you wont get anything that way - and yes, stupid people who do open then deserve everything they get from it - you'll get no argument from me.
There are several activeX exploits that can be affected through malicious coding - try going to a Warez site with IE, then run a spyware scan. You'll see a shitload of spyware and you wont see how or when it was installed. Now I know you'll say "well smart people dont go to warez sites" but smart people who use FF DO go to warez sites & come out unscathed (at least I have thus far, not that I go all the time since torrents manage to leep me happy).
I'm not a FF spokesperson, but a simple Google search on the inadequate security that IE and MS have provided for years will provide you with more education than I certainly could on the matter. Use what you like, FF is far from perfect but currently it is more secure.