Want IE7 to IE6

[rcfrgf]

I had a computer shop remove all malware from my Operating System. They
also replaced IE6 with IE7. Now the computer is doing quirky actions. I want
to go back to IE6. How do I do it?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I had a computer shop remove all malware from my Operating System.

Exactly how much and what malware did you have? How did they remove
it? How do you know they got it all?

They
also replaced IE6 with IE7. Now the computer is doing quirky actions.

Exactly what do you mean by quirky actions? Please be very specific.

I want to go back to IE6.

Why? Why do you think IE7 is responsible for the "quirky actions"?
It's highly unlikely.

How do I do it?

Probably a very poor thing to do.

 

[Jon Wallace]

Hi

Personally I wouldn't go back to such a version. As you said, you've
already had a computer shop remove malware so you really shouldn't go back
to a version that may at some point be dropped in terms of support.

Why don't you try upgrading to 8.0 instead and see if that addresses your
issues...

http://www.microsoft.com/ie

That's my view anyway )

Best Regards & Good Luck!
Jon

www.insidetheregistry.com

 

[nomore]

Firefox

 

[Barbara]

I had a computer shop remove all malware from my Operating System. They
also replaced IE6 with IE7. Now the computer is doing quirky actions. I want
to go back to IE6. How do I do it?

Here's how to do it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927177

When you remove IE7, IE 6 is automatically installed.

I had to do that on my son's computer as IE 7 would not play nice at all.

Barbara

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I had a computer shop remove all malware from my Operating
System. They also replaced IE6 with IE7. Now the computer is doing
quirky actions. I want to go back to IE6. How do I do it?

Not going to fix your "quirky actions", but...

Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs --> locate and remove Internet
Explorer 7. You may have to download and install IE6 to go back to full
functionality.

My suggestion, get FireFox and begin using it.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Take it back to the shop or...

Backup your personal data, then do a format & clean install of Windows.
Please note that a Repair Install (AKA in-place upgrade) will NOT fix this!

cf. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps

After the clean install, you'll have the equivalent of a "new computer" so
take care of everything on the following page before otherwise connecting
the machine to the internet or a network and before using a USB key that
isn't brand-new or hasn't been freshly formatted:

5 steps to help protect your new computer before you go online
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/advanced/xppc.mspx

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP Gold (no Service Packs) fully patched
(after a clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsupdate/msg/3f5afa8ed33e121c

HOW TO get a computer running WinXP SP1(a) or SP2 fully patched (after a
clean install)
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a066ae41add7dd2b

Also see:

Steps To Help Prevent Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/spyware/prevent.mspx

Rogue Security Software - Microsoft Security:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/rogue.mspx

 

[BillW50]

In nomore typed on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:19:19 -0700:

Firefox

When is Mozilla going to add features to Firefox? I have been using
Firefox since 1.5 and I am running 3.5.1 now and it is still pretty
worthless and it is still just a simple basic browser. Kind of like
using Notepad as a word processor. While IE8 has more features than you
can shake a stick at. A very big difference!

 

[BillW50]

In Shenan Stanley typed on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 21:54:06 -0500:

Not going to fix your "quirky actions", but...

Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs --> locate and remove
Internet Explorer 7. You may have to download and install IE6 to go
back to full functionality.

My suggestion, get FireFox and begin using it.

I have been using Firefox since 1.5 and 3.5.1 now and it is one of the
most featureless browsers I have ever used in my life! And I haven't
seen any new features in Firefox in all of this time, just security
fixes. So how is using an old antique like Firefox any better pray tell?

 

[Alias]

In Shenan Stanley typed on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 21:54:06 -0500:

I have been using Firefox since 1.5 and 3.5.1 now and it is one of the
most featureless browsers I have ever used in my life! And I haven't
seen any new features in Firefox in all of this time, just security
fixes. So how is using an old antique like Firefox any better pray tell?

Firefox has hundreds of add ons. What does Internet Exploder have that
Firefox doesn't besides being tied to the OS and very, very prone to
malware?

Alias

 

[Alias]

In nomore typed on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:19:19 -0700:

When is Mozilla going to add features to Firefox?

The question is when are YOU going to add features to your Firefox?

Snip ill informed drivel.

Alias

 

[BillW50]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:54:15 +0200:

Firefox has hundreds of add ons. What does Internet Exploder have that
Firefox doesn't besides being tied to the OS and very, very prone to
malware?

Alias

Firefox is very prone to malware if you use the Firefox addons. Since
the addons uses ActiveX to work. We learned this back in the Firefox 1.5
days and we disabled ActiveX from Firefox which also disables addons.
Under IE you can disable ActiveX, under Firefox, you have to manually
hack it out. Thus millions of Firefox users are using ActiveX everyday
because they just are too dumb to know any better. Nothing like being
clueless, eh?

 

[Alias]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:54:15 +0200:

Firefox is very prone to malware if you use the Firefox addons. Since
the addons uses ActiveX to work. We learned this back in the Firefox 1.5
days and we disabled ActiveX from Firefox which also disables addons.
Under IE you can disable ActiveX, under Firefox, you have to manually
hack it out. Thus millions of Firefox users are using ActiveX everyday
because they just are too dumb to know any better. Nothing like being
clueless, eh?

Yeah, like you:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ActiveX

ActiveX is an IE thing, not a Firefox thing.

Alias

 

[BillW50]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:55:01 +0200:

The question is when are YOU going to add features to your Firefox?

Snip ill informed drivel.

Alias

Sorry Firefox security is awful! The truth is dummies using Firefox who
hasn't disabled DLLs are too dumb to know any better. But that is a good
thing right? Fool as many as possible and don't let the truth come out,
eh?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Firefox doesn't distinguish between code-bearing extensions and those
that are merely Javascript/XUL, either during installation or
management, and this strikes us as an appalling oversight. We strongly
believe that DLL-based extensions ought to require higher trust or
scrutiny than those based on sandboxed languages, and the user is given
no real choice on this front...

Firefox does not provide a way to disable plugins: it requires a manual
foray into the filesystem to rename or remove the DLLs in question. IE
provides complete control over all kinds of plugins via the Add-in
manager.

http://unixwiz.net/techtips/browser-addins.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[BillW50]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:13:06 +0200:

Yeah, like you:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/ActiveX

ActiveX is an IE thing, not a Firefox thing.

Alias

ActiveX under IE can be disabled, Firefox uses the same thing, but it is
called XPCOM instead. And it is just as deadly as ActiveX. But under
Firefox, you can't turn it off or disable it without hacking at your OS.
And virtually no Firefox user I know does this. Thus it is just like
running ActiveX wide open all of the time. I guess being ignorant does
have a benefit of having peace of mind, doesn't it?

 

[Alias]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:55:01 +0200:

Sorry Firefox security is awful! The truth is dummies using Firefox who
hasn't disabled DLLs are too dumb to know any better. But that is a good
thing right? Fool as many as possible and don't let the truth come out,
eh?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Firefox doesn't distinguish between code-bearing extensions and those
that are merely Javascript/XUL, either during installation or
management, and this strikes us as an appalling oversight. We strongly
believe that DLL-based extensions ought to require higher trust or
scrutiny than those based on sandboxed languages, and the user is given
no real choice on this front...

Firefox does not provide a way to disable plugins: it requires a manual
foray into the filesystem to rename or remove the DLLs in question. IE
provides complete control over all kinds of plugins via the Add-in
manager.

http://unixwiz.net/techtips/browser-addins.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That's about IE 6 and FF 2.0. Got anything a bit more up-to-date?

Alias

 

[Alias]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:13:06 +0200:

ActiveX under IE can be disabled, Firefox uses the same thing, but it is
called XPCOM instead. And it is just as deadly as ActiveX. But under
Firefox, you can't turn it off or disable it without hacking at your OS.
And virtually no Firefox user I know does this. Thus it is just like
running ActiveX wide open all of the time. I guess being ignorant does
have a benefit of having peace of mind, doesn't it?

From the article I cited and you didn't read:

"An ActiveX control is the equivalent of an NPAPI plugin. However,
ActiveX and plugin technology have differences. While the potential
effects of malicious content are similar, plugins inherently have better
security features. Plugins have less control over the web page in which
they are embedded and cannot be used in applications other than a web
browser. ActiveX has broader use across a greater number of applications."

Personally, I use Linux Ubuntu so I don't worry about the same things
that Windows users have to worry about. YOU are using Outhouse Distress,
speaking of being clueless.

Alias

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I had a computer shop remove all malware from my Operating
System. They also replaced IE6 with IE7. Now the computer is doing
quirky actions. I want to go back to IE6. How do I do it?

Not going to fix your "quirky actions", but...

Control Panel --> Add or Remove Programs --> locate and remove
Internet Explorer 7. You may have to download and install IE6 to
go back to full functionality.

My suggestion, get FireFox and begin using it.

I have been using Firefox since 1.5 and 3.5.1 now and it is one of
the most featureless browsers I have ever used in my life! And I
haven't seen any new features in Firefox in all of this time, just
security fixes. So how is using an old antique like Firefox any
better pray tell?

I never said it was better - I only said it was my suggestion to the OP to
fix their "quirky actions".

I still say - staying on target - that the OP's "quirky actions" would not
be fixed by reverting to IE6 - but I answered that anyway. If the OP would
like information that might fix the "quirky actions" they seem to be having,
they can ask and I have a few suggestions. ;-)

 

[BillW50]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:40:35 +0200:

That's about IE 6 and FF 2.0. Got anything a bit more up-to-date?

Alias

IE7 and IE8 is even more secure, while Firefox has done nothing in this
regard. Even Firefox 3.5.1 still uses XPCOM (which is just as deadly as
ActiveX) and has no option to disable it. Thus leaves the door wide
open. Which is a huge security risk! I would never run Firefox outside
of a sandbox environment.

 

[BillW50]

In Alias typed on Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:46:10 +0200:

From the article I cited and you didn't read:

"An ActiveX control is the equivalent of an NPAPI plugin. However,
ActiveX and plugin technology have differences. While the potential
effects of malicious content are similar, plugins inherently have
better security features. Plugins have less control over the web page
in which they are embedded and cannot be used in applications other
than a web browser. ActiveX has broader use across a greater number
of applications."

Personally, I use Linux Ubuntu so I don't worry about the same things
that Windows users have to worry about. YOU are using Outhouse
Distress, speaking of being clueless.

Alias

Nope Firefox uses XPCOM which allows control outside of the browser,
just like ActiveX. Under IE, this can be blocked and it is by default.
Under Firefox, it can't be turned off without hacking your OS!

Yes I too sometimes fire up my Linux machines. And I am applauded how
little Linux users knows about security. The Asus EeePC comes with
Xandros for example. And they have sold millions of these things. Yet
not one of them has a simple firewall. Thus a hacker anywhere in the
world can see and they are free to hack right into your Linux.

Worse, Linux security updates usually breaks things. So many users don't
bother. And remember rootkits have been around for Linux since day one.
So much for Linux security, eh? No wonder Linus Torvalds (the father of
Linux) admitted in his book, that he uses Windows. What a surprise, not.