Internet Explorer Vulnerability.

i believe it was firefox 4 that was so hard for me to understand.
i will try 5 and see if that is easier for me.
THANKS
AND hopefully the" ff three something" is still updating.

 

The interface in Firefox 5 is the same as it was in 4, best thing I can suggest is you have a little look at a Firefox version which you can install alongside your current Firefox version, try downloading the version of Firefox here called Aurora (Firefox 7) - http://www.mozilla.c...irefox/channel/

It's a developers build so isn't very stable (when I say not very stable, it would be just that bit more prone to some peculiarities, pretty much the same as all software really) , but should be stable enough for a look around the interface and to use for 10 mins or so viewing webpages to give you an idea of what Firefox 5 would be like to use if you were to install it over your Firefox 3 version, just remember to uninstall it afterwards as it is pretty much unnecessary for anyone but developers for constant use.

Although to be honest you could save yourself the time and install that Final release on the link above because if you want to continue to use Firefox and it being supported with security patches you have pretty much no choice other than to keep updating when Mozilla release a new version, unfortunately that's the deal with these faster release cycles, even Microsoft are going to update the major version number of their browser every year (which is quick for Microsoft as it was previously more like 2-3 years) IE10 is already on it's way for March 2012 (or whenever Windows 8 is out).

 

hi woody

I just checked, and i'm 3.6.18 and it states when I hit help
that all my updates are up to date.
thanks for all your help.

kayrose

 

Just for information purposes: If you ever want to reconsider letting databases store movements your around the Internet, there are ways of decreasing the chances. I expect you might know of them but maybe worth mentioning anyway.

1. Open Google Chrome via 'ChromePrivacyGuard'. It removes the unique ID each time Chrome starts.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromeprivacy/

2. Use StartPage as a search engine. Like Scroogle Scraper, it uses Google search results but doesn't record your searches or IP address. StartPage offers a few more options than Scroogle Scraper.

http://startpage.com/ - http://scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm

 

Had heard of ChromePrivacyGuard, but not Scroogle Scraper, but like I said I couldn't care less if Google knows what I search for, nothing to hide. Plus one of the few good things the EU has put forward is laws on Internet Cookies, I think they mainly target third party cookies but the laws also stop the use of tracking people across the internet and there viewing habits so that blocks one of Google's i.e. the cookies should basically be used for what they are required to do (store login information etc).

 

I don't have anything to hide either and do use Google for searches ..mostly. I think I'm pretty much an open book. At present though, I am just trying out, as an experiment, the methods I've mentioned. Everything is OK. No difference in the usefulness of the Internet.

Some people don't necessarily want to remain private because they have something to hide. It's just that they prefer to not be logged wherever they go full-stop. Probably no harm will ever happen to those who stay open with their browsing habits but others just don't like the idea of being tracked around the Internet (not via cookies but by IP address). I fall somewhere between the two camps I think. I'm not especially worried by being open in my searches and the sites visited but on the other hand, if nothing is to be lost or gained by staying open about things, then I suppose I could just keep the private measures in place.

 

Yeah I do realise some just don't like being tracked even if they have nothing to hide, what I meant by the cookies was that they were/are being used to show us ads across the internet, a few years ago here BT used a service called Phorm (although I think it was more DPI, deep packet inspection) which provided behavourial advertising i.e. with the DPI they were able to track what websites you visit and target advertising based on those.
IP address doesn't affect me, mine shows somewhere down in the South of UK, basically where my ISP's servers are so they never know my physical location.