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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 11:54 AM Original message |
Internet Explorer 9 utterly dominates malware-blocking stats |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nice for them, a lot of people are using it and using it on PCs, so they need the protection. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I run Firefox with a very large hosts file to keep away from the shit out there. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. There's malware which masquerades as Microsoft Security Essentials |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. What's old again is new today.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. i had an automatic update on 9 and 10 recently. causing me all kinds of issue |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks for the headsup... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. this was my first issue and i put it to ATA. nice enough to give info on this |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. IE is garbage in so many ways.. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. They didn't use the most recent version of Firefox. |
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CleanGreenFuture (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Where are all these PC security issues coming from? I have taken no extraordinary |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Beats me. I've used Opera for years and never had a problem. Last virus I got was... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I think a lot of it is people using a search engine for something innocuous, and ending |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. If only they made it for Linux, I could catch up on 20 years of it not blocking malware at all n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. LOL ...yea and BSD too. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Well I certainly hope I haven't offended your delicate sensibilities |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's funny how you folks piss on all of the MS threads I and others post |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. I bought MawareBytes and it seems to do |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Malwarebytes is great |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. MS PR at work ...ask me if I care wtf they do with their browser. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You always have to come into MS thread and act juvenile |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Glad I made you feel better about yourself. No charge this time. |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Internet Explorer is the biggest piece of garbage mankind has ever created. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. "anything that used browser flaws to run wasn't included in the test." |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh well |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Microsoft crap - not interested |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. precisely. Microsoft crap; designed to be "hacked", with all of its intentional "vulnerabilities". |
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Theo Haffey (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. The two reports prior to this one, conducted by the same company, were funded by Microsoft |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Why that is...shocking! |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. amused by swipes at Opera, by far the best, safest, fastest and the most underrated browser of all. |
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