What browser are you using?

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:03 am

And why?

I have problems with Internet Explorer. And have been too lazy to switch from Netscape. I have the time now and no more excuses so ...

Free links?

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:17 am

FF3.08

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=fi ... lang=en-US

Try adding on mouse gestures and Adblock plus ....

Why? cos it's fast and extendable. It's also standard at work.

Bret

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:19 am

Safari and Firefox.

I wouldn't use Safari on Windows though, I'd just get Firefox instead.

You could also check out Opera, a lot of people like that one.

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:27 am

Thanks for the link Brett!

I never heard of Opera. What's it's specialty?

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:34 am

even faster than firefox. There's also an opera mini for phones and opera for phones, too, but normal opera on phones also costs money. Mini is free and very good.

Bret

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:42 am

I don't find Gecko to be all that fast of a rendering engine. FF needs to avoid getting all bloaty. Extensions are great, however. It's just a bit much sometimes when someone has 30 of them.

Opera and Safari 4 beta scream. I hear Chrome is fast too, I just haven't used it yet.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:05 am

chrome sends too much info to google. As if they don't already know enough....

we test with all of these and a couple more. Firefox has a bunch of extensions for me including various dictionaries, Remove it Permanently and lots of search engines.

Bret

Post by **Francious70** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:14 am

Firefox is what I use, but I have heard many good things about Google Chrome

Post by **Wakeup** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:36 am

gkitching wrote:And why?

I have problems with Internet Explorer. And have been too lazy to switch from Netscape. I have the time now and no more excuses so ...

Free links?

Just curious....what kind of problems are you having? It may be more of a problem than you think.

Virus....spyware....malware.....something like that rather than the browser....?

Not saying that using a different one won't necessarily help....But you could have a bigger problem on your hands....

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:32 pm

firefox on windows 7

Post by **stipud** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:41 pm

Firefox at work, for the plugins... and Safari at home, for the speed.

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:04 pm

Wakeup wrote:
gkitching wrote:And why?

I have problems with Internet Explorer. And have been too lazy to switch from Netscape. I have the time now and no more excuses so ...

Free links?
Just curious....what kind of problems are you having? It may be more of a problem than you think.

Virus....spyware....malware.....something like that rather than the browser....?

Not saying that using a different one won't necessarily help....But you could have a bigger problem on your hands....

More operation problems then anything else. I hate all the pop-ups, ads, shit opening I didn't want opening. I can turn java off with Netscape and never figured out how to on IE.

But since you mention it, what are the good anti-spyware programs?

Post by **Jacampb2** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:58 pm

I run FF as well. It is rare that I get any pop ups, and it is much more secure than IE, and much faster as well.

It is starting to get a bit bloated now, but I will probably keep it around as long as my favorite extension "mile wide back" keeps getting updated. The mile wide extension turns the whole left side of the window into a back button, left click back, right click forward. Bitch is, when I have to use a different browser I click the left side of the screen about elvenbilionty times before I realize why the back button isn't working...

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:01 am

Good Anti-Spyware? get noscript, too. Practice with it and, though it's kind of annoying for about an hour, you get used to it and get real surprised when you actually see adverts

I'm biased, but..... www.f-secure.com - IS2009 is pretty good and has a free thirty day trial.

Bret

Post by **Wakeup** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:07 am

gkitching wrote:
Wakeup wrote:
gkitching wrote:And why?

I have problems with Internet Explorer. And have been too lazy to switch from Netscape. I have the time now and no more excuses so ...

Free links?
Just curious....what kind of problems are you having? It may be more of a problem than you think.

Virus....spyware....malware.....something like that rather than the browser....?

Not saying that using a different one won't necessarily help....But you could have a bigger problem on your hands....

More operation problems then anything else. I hate all the pop-ups, ads, shit opening I didn't want opening. I can turn java off with Netscape and never figured out how to on IE.

But since you mention it, what are the good anti-spyware programs?

For me it's not about which browser...I've been a techie in the industry for some time.

I stillllll PREFER IE...I have FF, and google chrome as well. And use them both...on occasion. But for the most part...I dont get popups....or unwanted stuff opening for the MOST part...

But I prefer IE not because of anything in particular except that most pages are made for the layout of IE. I like some of the features in Opera, google chrome, and FF.
Now which one is more or less secure?! Most people say IE. However yes that may be true...but does not mean that FF or any other browser is SAFER. There are vulnerabilities in ALL browsers. It's how you protect yourself and where you browse. Browse for porn? or download copywritten material.....etc...you are BOUND for trouble....
Most of you know I have perused the NSF stuff...and guess what....I don't get pop ups....I dont get any major infections other than the random cookies that you get from any AVERAGE site...even going to ebay will give you something....
Anyway practice SAFE browsing....and it really doesn't matter which browser you use.
Thats why I asked what were the symptoms. If you have them...which I now know you do....it doesn't matter if you use FF or anything else...you ARE infected.
FF might handle the infection differently...and as well as any other browser in the world. But you will still remain infected.

That being said...I suggest:

Malwarebytes
Super Anti Spyware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Avast
Hijackthis

Try those for starters....

Stay away from the rest. (right now....there are some others that are fine... but these will be all you need for now...)

You may also need these, but can cause damage to your system depending on what infections and what problems are ailing your machine....so have these on standby...
Smitfraudfix.exe
Combofix.exe
Sdfix.exe

Run the hijackthis and you can paste the logfile it creates here...and I can help you from there...or PM me...if you paste it here, others MIGHT be able to help you.

I am FRICKIN Awesome at virus and spyware removal.
Also BELIEVE this....or not....I only run two programs myself....and RARELY...maybe once every other week or two...

Malwarebytes and superantispyware...thats it...I dont even run Avast or any others....jusst because I am VERY confident in my browsing...and my security...Grant it its not fullproof, but I have yet to be hit with any MAJOR infection other than a couple cookies....and such. no browser popups or ads other than standard fanfare that don't come with infections.
(Knock on wood) hehe....
Anyway having been in the industry...(I almost went to work for Symantec) because they were semi Local (40 min drive).
But they hired from inside the company instead...so sux to be me! hehe.

Anyway sokay... just post your log and we can go from there.

Post by **Wakeup** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:13 am

Oh and all the programs I listed have Freeware versions....and should run and clean infections with no issues....
Hijackthis:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US ... s/download

Superantispyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloa ... PYWAREFREE

Malwarebytes:
http://malwarebytes.org/

Avast:
http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Combofix:
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

Smitfraudfix:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/resources/link243.html

Sdfix:
http://www.downloads.andymanchesta.com/ ... /SDFix.exe

There...I posted these just in case you didn't know how to find them...and also that way you wont mistype something and get something that's incorrect and make matters worse.

bretti_kivi · Post by **bretti_kivi** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:46 am

as you might or might not know, I also work in the industry.
The guys in the labs were recommending Malwarebytes.

If you have a real issue, try also one of the many Linux Rescue CDs; Windoze can't always fix something if the file's in use.

Bret

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:14 am

WOW! Thanks for all the info and links! I will load those programs and run the hijackthis afterwards and post the results. I'm almost afraid .. hehe .. while I don't knowingly do any copyright pirating or anything like that .. ummm .. I have been known to browse for porn on occasion. You know, for educational purposes and all. .. hehe

Do you agree it's time to replace the Netscape browser?

Oh that reminds me, are you guys ready for the Conficker?

Post by **Francious70** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:42 am

You know, Windows has a pretty decent anti-spyware program already on it called Windows Defender. It's free, runs in real time and is constantly updated

waynehead · Post by **waynehead** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:55 am

I can vouch for super anti spyware and spybot, as well as adaware. I never have any problems. I also use Nod32 smart security which handes pretty much every stuff

dBincognito · Post by **dBincognito** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:23 pm

Has anyone upgraded to IE8....I did and removed it b/c I was having problems with it bringing me to my current Ebay Summary....the only way I could get to my current ebay summary was to go to ebay.com and then click on my ebay.....that got retarded after about 30 min. so I uninstalled IE8

oldskoolmseriesfan · Post by **oldskoolmseriesfan** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:29 pm

yo sista is browsin me right now, and then shes gonna get served

dBincognito · Post by **dBincognito** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:40 pm

oldskoolmseriesfan wrote:yo sista is browsin me right now, and then shes gonna get served

Are you just waking up, is that the best you can do

oldskoolmseriesfan · Post by **oldskoolmseriesfan** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:52 pm

dBincognito wrote:
oldskoolmseriesfan wrote:yo sista is browsin me right now, and then shes gonna get served
Are you just waking up, is that the best you can do

That was a little weak

But then thats what your GF says about you to me in the sack

dBincognito · Post by **dBincognito** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:55 pm

Wakeup wrote:Oh and all the programs I listed have Freeware versions....and should run and clean infections with no issues....
Hijackthis:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US ... s/download

Superantispyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/downloa ... PYWAREFREE

Malwarebytes:
http://malwarebytes.org/

Avast:
http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Combofix:
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

Smitfraudfix:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/resources/link243.html

Sdfix:
http://www.downloads.andymanchesta.com/ ... /SDFix.exe

There...I posted these just in case you didn't know how to find them...and also that way you wont mistype something and get something that's incorrect and make matters worse.

Well, I'm going to run this stuff on my PC and see what happens

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