Re: XP & malware

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Bill,


I haven't used ZoneAlarm for years. I also haven't had a virus (except a
couple caught by Norman) in years. I do visit untrusted websites all the
time. For email, I use Eudora v. 5, so if the virus is client-targeted,
I'm okay.


As to Apple-fanboys, I use Mac, but I'm not a particular fan of it. There
are probably as many incomprehensible things on the Mac as on the Win
machine. One example: in Finder, if I go to the (unnamed!) field in the
upper right that I think is the search field, when I type in: Logic Pro,
I get a ton of other files--e.g., those beginning with LO. What's up with
that?!







What kinds of problems did you have
with Firefox and with which version? The later versions all work
flawlessly for me. The only problem I ever had was a conflict with
ZoneAlarm Antivirus; it was ZoneAlarm's fault and was corrected a day
later. Not even a hint of a problem since I ditched ZoneAlarm in favor of
Avast!


Probably because I've never used Outlook and almost never used Internet
Explorer, I can honestly say that I never have had a problem with a
computer virus, either with XP or with W98 before that. I simply don't
understand this concern about malware on XP unless you are being reckless
by allowing others to use your computer, opening email attachments
without a measure of caution, or visiting untrusted websites. Switch to
Firefox, Thunderbird, and Open Office and you can dismiss the hype about
malware on XP as another Apple-fanboy fantasy!


Cheers,


Bill TeBrake

UMaine History, Emeritus


------- Original message -------

From: Harry Binswanger


To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx

Sent: 5/20,  9:01

I liked ver. 2. I'm using 5.0 and find it slow and that very often it
ties up my machine (CPU 100%).

Seems like all good software peaks at versions 2 or 3. Except Xywrite,
great as it is, made it to IV.


What is the most recent reliable
version of Firefox?

I'm still using Firefox 3.6. (I use Chrome, too, but on balance haven't
found it as fast or as reliable as Firefox.)  I've been reluctant
to try one of the more recent versions of Firefox because so many people
have had difficulties with them.

Lynn Brenner


On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Harry Binswanger 
wrote:

   I've had a lot of difficulties with the recent versions of
Firefox. I'm trying Chrome.



   It might be time to ditch IE in favor of Firefox, which is
not only a better product, but more importantly not dependent on the
whims of MS. Third-party support for XP will be continuing for a long
time.