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    Dont know if this has been posted yet, but it's pretty important. A lot of us use Firefox.

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/120756

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    It's been all over slashdot. I guess I probably should read it more thoroughly though.

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    Good thing I haven't re-installed Java since reformatting, I suppose.

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    Yeh i saw that on digg.

    Good thing i have my emergency "im be hacked omgwtf, HELP!" button, aka the power button.
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    Good thing I don't waste my time with Firefox.
    I like Kung-Fu.

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    where's the java option to turn it off...i can't find it

    that's if I need to

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    This is entirely avoidable. Don't be dumb and click on whatever pops up.

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    honose, i r usin teh fiarfocks now!!!11! My computar is brokan!!!!!!!!!!
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    IE has far more critical security flaws than Firefox.

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    Well, I dunno which thing to disable, javascript or java, or both. I just disabled javascript, but no doubt I'll have to turn it on later for my brother's stupid online game that he just CAN'T go without.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Yamaneko
    This is entirely avoidable. Don't be dumb and click on whatever pops up.
    Way to miss the point.



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    Quote Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix
    IE has far more critical security flaws than Firefox.
    No, both browsers have the same and equal security flaw :

    Idiots who browse stupid sites.

    It's not the browser, it isn't going to save you from a cracks site filled with spyware and trojan downloads.

    And I think this line covers it all really :
    However, industry observers have long warned that the browser is more secure partly because of its relatively small user base. As Firefox's profile grows, attackers will increasingly target the browser.
    Your precious magical browser is going to be just as "broken" as you consider IE eventually, so why bother changing, honestly, when IE works just as well for the simple idea of OMIGOSH, browsing webpages.

    Honestly, who needs all the extraneous crap in firefox, I'm quite happy with just looking at webpages and that's that.

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    Whatever you say, Lindy. It's always the same thing anyway.

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    Yeah, s'called an opinion, crazy eh? Oddly, when you have one, they don't normally change, whattashock!

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