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Technology Stocks : The *NEW* Frank Coluccio Technology Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (8517)	12/27/2004 1:36:24 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 46821

Re: After I resolved a minor firewall issue, my Firefox browser has held up solidly for me, since downloading it (for free) last week. Same here. I had to sort out a new bookmarking procedure, but other than that Firefox has been A-OK. :) RGD

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (8517)	12/27/2004 6:16:49 PM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Frank, I think the spyware issue might go beyond the browser. I have been using non IE browsers from day one. I also browse through an anonymous service. That hasn't prevented my system from picking up spyware when browsing unfamiliar sites - usually when I don't type in the correct URL and get redirected. I use a couple of different spyware detectors in addition to NAV. Some of the stuff is tricky and writes itself to a different directory when you try to erase it. The only way I seem to be able to get rid of that is to use a govt security type disk wipe program. I think this is scary stuff if you try to do secure transactions from your system. Bottom line - I don't think the browser change is enough. Happy New Year, George D.