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3rd Party browsers
Since Internet Explorer 7 is not an option for Windows 98, what are some good
3rd party browsers that still work with Windows 98 and areup to date and secure? Currently I am using Firefox 2 because Facebook suggested to upgrade to IE7 or one of the other options...I chose Firefox. But is there a better option? Or is Firefox good? |
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3rd Party browsers
Paradoxdb3 wrote:
Since Internet Explorer 7 is not an option for Windows 98, There have been 20 security advisories / issues for IE7 so far. Currently, 40% (8 out of 20) are marked as Unpatched with the most severe being rated Highly critical. http://secunia.com/product/12366/?task=advisories There have been 121 security advisories / issues for IE6.x, 21 of them (17%) are considered as unpatched, with the most severe being rated as moderately critical. http://secunia.com/product/11/?task=advisories IE7 is not necessarily a better or less vulnerable browser when compared to IE6. IE6 is still supported by Micro$oft because although they still support Windows-2K, they have handicapped 2K by preventing IE7 from being installed on it. So they must still support IE6 as long as they support Win-2K. Some of the IE6 security patches released for Win-2K work just fine when transplanted to win-98 machines, so don't necessarily consider win-98 / IE6 to be at risk at this point in time. These tricks have been talked about in the newsgroup miscrosoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, as well as the win-9x forum on msfn.org. It's a good idea to do the following (on any system, win-98, 2K, XP, etc): 1) make sure you have a NAT-router between your broadband modem and your computer. 2) use Spybot SD and Spyware blaster to "innoculate" your broswer (IE and/or Firefox). 3) Use a hosts file 4) Uninstall ALL old versions of your Java runtime engine (JRE) and install only the newest version (available from Sun). 5) Don't waste your time obtaining or running a software-based firewall. 6) Antivirus programs are becoming passe. Place more importance on software that monitors your registry in real time and can alert you to changes being made without your knowledge or permission (most viruses and trojans will try to modify key settings in your registry during the infection process). 7) Take heart in the knowledge that modern viruses and trojans are written to function correctly on NT-based systems like 2K and XP and will probably not run correctly (or with the intended result) when exposed to a machine running win-98. |
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3rd Party browsers
"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
... Since Internet Explorer 7 is not an option for Windows 98, what are some good 3rd party browsers that still work with Windows 98 and areup to date and secure? Currently I am using Firefox 2 because Facebook suggested to upgrade to IE7 or one of the other options...I chose Firefox. But is there a better option? Or is Firefox good? I use Firefox and Opera, and almost never IE. Opera is for daily driving, and Firefox I use for those sites that Opera has a problem with, such as income tax filing. "Secunia has issued a total of 13 Secunia advisories in 2007 for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x. Currently, 31% (4 out of 13) are marked as Unpatched with the most severe being rated Less critical" http://secunia.com/product/11/?task=advisories_2007 "Secunia has issued a total of 16 Secunia advisories in 2007 for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x. Currently, 31% (5 out of 16) are marked as Unpatched with the most severe being rated Highly critical" http://secunia.com/product/12366/?task=advisories_2007 The still unpatched Highly critical advisory for IE7 (does not affect IE6): http://secunia.com/advisories/26201/ "Secunia has issued a total of 12 Secunia advisories in 2007 for Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x. Currently, 17% (2 out of 12) are marked as Unpatched with the most severe being rated Not critical" http://secunia.com/product/12434/?task=advisories_2007 "Secunia has issued a total of 8 Secunia advisories in 2007 for Opera 9.x. Currently, 0% (0 out of 8) are marked as Unpatched" http://secunia.com/product/10615/?task=advisories_2007 You be the judge...... -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm |
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