SP2

[Guest]

Another question. Internet Explorer didn't work, but I unticked Enable Third
Party Browser extensions and it works, but now Flash, Google Toolbar and
Windows Update doesn't work. Can you help me?

 

[Alias]

: On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:31:01 -0800, paduarhys
:
: >Another question. Internet Explorer didn't work, but I unticked Enable
Third
: >Party Browser extensions and it works, but now Flash, Google Toolbar and
: >Windows Update doesn't work. Can you help me?
:
: "3rd party extensions" are Browser helper Objects; an IE "feature"
: that is incredibly useful to malware. As a BHO, they can tap in to
: your Internet traffic, and pass thier own call-home traffic out
: through your firewall as part of IE.
:
: It's debatable whether *any* BHO is valuable enough to be worth
: re-enabling this risk; I'd kill 'em all, including Google etc. A bad
: BHO, or a broken BHO that results from a botched attempt to get rid of
: it, can break IE. Another reason to kill 'em all and be done with it.

And yet another reason to use Firefox.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:31:01 -0800, paduarhys

Another question. Internet Explorer didn't work, but I unticked Enable Third
Party Browser extensions and it works, but now Flash, Google Toolbar and
Windows Update doesn't work. Can you help me?

"3rd party extensions" are Browser helper Objects; an IE "feature"
that is incredibly useful to malware. As a BHO, they can tap in to
your Internet traffic, and pass thier own call-home traffic out
through your firewall as part of IE.

It's debatable whether *any* BHO is valuable enough to be worth
re-enabling this risk; I'd kill 'em all, including Google etc. A bad
BHO, or a broken BHO that results from a botched attempt to get rid of
it, can break IE. Another reason to kill 'em all and be done with it.

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Proverbs Unscrolled #37
"Build it and they will come and break it"

 

[Chris Catt]

Hi, firefox isn't that great otherwise they wouldn't be having to release
security patches for it. I believe that it was released with security flaws
in it, makes it no better really does it....
ChrisC

 

[Alias]

: Hi, firefox isn't that great otherwise they wouldn't be having to release
: security patches for it. I believe that it was released with security
flaws
: in it, makes it no better really does it....
: ChrisC

So use IE. It's your computer.
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: : >
: > : > : On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:31:01 -0800, paduarhys
: > :
: > : >Another question. Internet Explorer didn't work, but I unticked
Enable
: > Third
: > : >Party Browser extensions and it works, but now Flash, Google Toolbar
: > and
: > : >Windows Update doesn't work. Can you help me?
: > :
: > : "3rd party extensions" are Browser helper Objects; an IE "feature"
: > : that is incredibly useful to malware. As a BHO, they can tap in to
: > : your Internet traffic, and pass thier own call-home traffic out
: > : through your firewall as part of IE.
: > :
: > : It's debatable whether *any* BHO is valuable enough to be worth
: > : re-enabling this risk; I'd kill 'em all, including Google etc. A bad
: > : BHO, or a broken BHO that results from a botched attempt to get rid of
: > : it, can break IE. Another reason to kill 'em all and be done with it.
: >
: > And yet another reason to use Firefox.
: > --
: > Alias
: >
: > Use your Reply to Sender function of your news reader program to email
me.
: >
: >
:
:

 

[Leythos]

Hi, firefox isn't that great otherwise they wouldn't be having to release
security patches for it. I believe that it was released with security flaws
in it, makes it no better really does it....

Ah, but did you real about the flaw? It was no where near as much of a
problem as there have been with (and continue to be) IE. I use Fire Fox
all the time, enjoy it, and don't have to worry about the MS Hacks on
sites or the traditional crap you have to put up with - and I don't have
to add good sites to the trusted zone any more in order to run in High
Security mode in IE.