In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mark Lew writes: >I'm a lifelong Mac person, and I'm not all that computer-savvy anyway, >so I'm not very good with practical suggestions. I know this list has >plenty of smart PC users who know how to make Windows work without IE. >Can someone perhaps tell me what I should suggest to my girlfriend? >What browser do you recommend instead, and where does she go to >download and install it? Are there any other simple precautions that >can be taken, besides declining to open random exe files that get sent >to her? (That much I know, at least.) She's got a high-speed cable >connection.
I have Firefox as my standard browser, and am happy with it (though I have had to continue to use IE to upload files to my web site). I can't remember the exact URL, but Google will find it from its full title of "Mozilla Firefox". I scan for viruses with Norton and run the standard Windows XP firewall (Zone Alarm stopped the name servers from translating URLs, for some reason). I don't download email to the broadband-connected computer (my ISP has webmail) and on the old computer I use an email program called Turnpike and never open an attachment that I am not expecting. I don't know that I would recommend Turnpike, but anything is better than Outlook and Outlook Express if you don't run a firewall, if only because it will have attracted less attention from malign hackers. -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: warn me beforehand if you want to send one _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
