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Date:	Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:47:54 PST8
From:	"Bob" <2lvvuss02@sneakemail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Latest News from the Dark Side

** Reply to message from "Colin Campbell cmcampb@adelphia.net" on Fri, 30 Dec
2005 14:36:16 PST8

> Is Mozilla somewhat / any / a lot safer than using IE?

I think it is. Only MS products use active-x which is hugh security hole.
Since Mozilla also have large number of users it is going to be a target but
for my active-x is very definitely the difference.

> I rarely use the
> Windows XP Home or Win2K Pro that are installed on my two PCs, but when
> I do, I try to use Mozilla before I try IE. It isn't because I know
> anything about Moz being safer, though, just my anti-MS prejudice.
>
> I have read a good deal about Outlook's address book being exploited by
> some viruses or other hacks. I haven't looked at any e-mail using
> Windows - ever.
>
> I'd love to think I was being smart by staying away from IE! Am I?

I would say yes.

On my wife's machine running XP I do not have a virus checker as it seems to
get in the way more than any benefits that I can see. She uses Mozilla and not
IE, her email client is Polarbar which is set to display the email message as
text only ( no HTML email in this house). So far no problems.

--
Robert Blair

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