Originally posted by MonstaJoshHelp forum's thataway ----->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Blitz Chess Micro Site.
There appears to be a problem with this site.
I offer a game, which is accepted by a player, we then go to the board and a second later the board is closed and we are both back in the waiting room.
This is very annoying and enough to make me want to type this message...which is a lot for me!
FIX IT PLZ
...monsta
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Originally posted by CrowleyI guess all this explains why he is so adamant about the imperviousness of Firefox to spyware, he just can't take it, it would ruin his life to admit it, poor bloke. 🙁
Jesus. Talk about paranoid.
I can secure myself so that when I use IE7 I get just as many spyware/malware/viruses as when I use FireFox, which is 0.
Originally posted by UncleDI use FF but it goes into the update routine and won't finish, at least on this comp, I am forced to go back to IE to get on RHP. I tried everything like all the security settings and such to no avail. It might be because I am using XP but not sure.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Firefox 🙂
Originally posted by sonhouseTo update Firefox, log into the computer as admin and then go (launch Firefox) :
I use FF but it goes into the update routine and won't finish, at least on this comp, I am forced to go back to IE to get on RHP. I tried everything like all the security settings and such to no avail. It might be because I am using XP but not sure.
-> Help Button -> Check for updates -> Update and it restarts automatically
-> logout of Admin account and log back in as you.
Originally posted by eatmybishopI don't disagree that Microsoft have made a contribution to computing but we all know that the problem with IE is that it is joined to the hip with the OS. In an ideal world where there are no bad guys online this would work, but not when guys realise they can get you to install browser hijackers or trojans.
says ludz, who's probably writing this on his home pc running xp or vista
I was looking at a computer in a public place the other day. As often happens the guys that run those things did not think of installing Firefox so everyone is forced to use IE. The browser had some strange toolbars and when you surfed to a website, adverts related to that site would start popping-up. Even when IE was closed adverts would start popping up all by themselves.
You can be certain that the public who are using such a computer may use their Credit Cards or send personal details which are then vulnerable to the baddies.
At the end of the day, who is the loser?
you know, I never understood how having ie integrated was supposed to prevent people from using any other browser? even if it wasn't integrated, it would naturally come bundled with the os, would it not? so where would be the difference?
I guess you could argue from a philosophical stance that an integrated browser is less modular. but well, you'd also have to subscribe to the idea that any integrated solution would categorically be inferior to a modular one, which is clearly an insane approach to software engineering.
as it is, any big browser is roughly equally safe, as is any operation system. and all of them can be compromised with enough security expertise. there aren't that many people who have that expertise, and none of them write on internet forums. they're too busy working for security companies, universities and organized crime trying to crack banking systems. nobody with a real know-how has an interest to break into joe schmuck's 'über secure' box filled with gay porn.
ignore emails from unknown people, never run shady software, keep your system patched, and you'll never have real security problems.