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Originally Posted by zcaveman
I saved your writeup and will do it when I get a chance.
I use Norton and have yet to catch a virus. Norton usually catches them. I search with Google so I do not think it matters but it might. I do occasional checks of my CPU, etc and have yet to be short on cycles or even feel a blip hen on the internet and I usually have 5-6 tabs open.
I used to run Ad-Aware religiously before their last update took over my system and never had any malware. I am looking for an new malware checker. I will look at Malware Bytes.
I do agree that IE8 gets most of the security breaches because it is the most used. That does not mean that the hackers might not be exploiting Firefox or trying to.
But I will do these things you ask.
Z
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I did it all. I installed Malware Bytes. First I did the full system and after 30 minutes had 3 objects and said forget it. I then ran the quick scan to find the 8 objects and deleted them.
I ran IE8 and did lots of searches and ran MB and had 0 objects.
I then ran Firefox and did lots of searches and got annoyed by all of the Norton popups. I got rid of the Norton tool bar (which I do not have on IE8) and they still came up. I also had to reload Flash player so that Firefox could get its add-on. IE8 finds these automatically.
I am not going to go through the numerous differences between IE8 and Firefox. I remember that I had already done this with a friend that loves Firefox. Let's just say that I like IE8 and you like Firefox and leave it at that. Neither of us will convert one to the other.
I will mention my two biggest. The inability of Firefox to present your home page when you open a new tab (I have my own personal home page that has my most used sites on it) and the inability of Firefox to show a Favorites bar. I know there is a pulldown of most visited places but it is not the same as having your six or seven favorite sites at the top.
And after rereading your note, I really have doubts about #3. I think if MS actual did this gazillions of users would be up in arms. If fact I think Google got in trouble for trying this. It is a normal functions of sites to use cookies to gather your search choices and to present you with certain ads or screens based on prior visits. This can be controlled by deleting your cookies on a periodic basis or using the screens to your advantage.
That is one difference between Ad-aware and Malware Bytes. Ad-Aware always asked me if I wanted to delete the tracking cookies. Which I figured out was no good since they start rebuilding when I went surfing again.
Some like gas and some like electric. Some like Yamaha and some like EZGO. Some like stick and some like CBS. I like IE8 and you like Firefox.
Z
