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Thanks Ed, I'm glad that you brought this up. There are many reasons NOT to use MSN Internet Explorer or the email programs MSN Outlook and Outlook Express. Don't take my word for it. Do a little web surfing. There are many websites that talk about the problems. Spook --- Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a link to an article about web browsing > security. I thought it > was good/important enough to forward it to my > friends and acquaintances. > http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/AnchorDesk/4520-7297_16-5142452.html > > The article is on ZDnet (Ziff Davis Net Ziff Davis > is a leading > publisher of computer materials). The title is: Is > IE emptying your > bank account? As you can guess, it caught my > attention. > > The short summary is that Internet Explorer has > security flaws that can > let Trojans (virus like things) into your computer > which can send your > sign-ins and passwords to the (Im not kidding) > Russian Mafia. > Microsoft hasnt fixed the holes in IE and may not > for a while. This is > just one of the ongoing security flaws from which > Microsoft suffers. > > If you use Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, > Id join in > recommending that you consider using a competitive > product for your web > browsing. > > For the last half year, Ive been very happily using > Netscape Navigator > 7.1 which is fully as good as IE. Ive only had to > drop back to IE when > downloading from Microsofts own site. > > I first changed to Netscape because it allows easy > increase in the size > of text on web pages. If you have a high resolution > monitor of 1024x768 > or 1280x1024 or higher, many websites text is so > small its painful to > read. By hitting cntl +, the text size increases, > step by step to > readable or big proportions. IE doesnt do this and > has become unusable > to my aging eyes and high resolution monitors. > > The article also recommends other browsers including > Mozilla and > especially Mozillas beta-test browser, Firefox. > This morning I > downloaded Firefox and have been VERY impressed. > Fast installation, > easy use, all the features of IE or Netscape that I > use are included. > Also, its fast. (And it allows increasing text > size, just like > Netscape!) > > The choices of free browsers has returned and there > are compelling > reasons to move away from IE. Just thought Id > mention this information > to you. > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > ed -at- edburkheadQQQ.com (change -at- and remove > the QQQ) > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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