Serious pop up problem :\

effect · May 03, 2004, 06:20 PM

Any common firewall should remedy this problem , Just have it set to filter out unwated UDP packets. (Should do this automatically).

Stealth · May 03, 2004, 06:23 PM

Quote from: iago on May 03, 2004, 04:53 PM
Is Mozilla open source? That's my main problem with Opera, since I try to stick with (support) open source software.

Absolutely. Everything Mozilla is opensource. See their developer page for more info.

Grok · May 03, 2004, 06:41 PM

Quote from: hismajesty on May 03, 2004, 04:03 PM
I installed FireFox the other day, about 5 minutes later a ton of Spyware was on my computer. All I had done was read the Fire Fox page. $:-\$ I never disabled the service and I didn't get popups, btw. (Even before I had a router)

Hax0red by FireFox. W3C pwnz U!

Maddox · May 03, 2004, 07:58 PM

Firefox is fast but that is pretty much it.

Stealth · May 03, 2004, 08:08 PM

Quote from: Maddox on May 03, 2004, 07:58 PM
Firefox is fast but that is pretty much it.

Tabbed browsing is a godsend.

Zakath · May 03, 2004, 08:54 PM

Uhh...Opera has tabbed browsing, you know. :p

Yoni · May 04, 2004, 01:00 AM

As does Avant Browser

MyndFyre · May 04, 2004, 03:26 AM

Quote from: Zakath on May 03, 2004, 08:54 PM
Uhh...Opera has tabbed browsing, you know. :p

So does Nutscrape.

Banana fanna fo fanna · May 05, 2004, 05:49 PM

Quote from: Stealth on May 03, 2004, 02:28 PM
Quote from: Maddox on May 03, 2004, 10:32 AM
Get Opera. It comes with a nice pop-up blocker and you don't have to worry about IE exploits.

Better yet: FireFox 0.8.

Opera is superior!

My view: use what's the best. Who cares if its open or commercial?

quasi-modo · May 05, 2004, 11:51 PM

Quote from: St0rm.iD on May 05, 2004, 05:49 PM
Quote from: Stealth on May 03, 2004, 02:28 PM
Quote from: Maddox on May 03, 2004, 10:32 AM
Get Opera. It comes with a nice pop-up blocker and you don't have to worry about IE exploits.

Better yet: FireFox 0.8.

Opera is superior!

My view: use what's the best. Who cares if its open or commercial?

firefox will physically bend opera over and rape it. Opera software has the nerve to put a little add in their browser when ff is completely free? hah. I have my popup blocker, my tabbed viewing my downloads menu that is in its own window and much much less annoying then the opera downloads menu/tab. I am pretty happy. Got my pimp skin and web developer tool bar in the mix too

. Also ff has that cool favorites bar where you can have (let me count) 8 - 9 sites that you use most offten accross this bar so you do not have to pull down any menus. It is the little things like that that make mozilla so much better to browse from. Ok I just got on opera and you can do that frequent sites bar thing too... but mozilla's is better, it just is.

Maddox · May 06, 2004, 10:34 AM

That's a pretty bad argument, "mozilla's better, it just is."

Adron · May 06, 2004, 05:33 PM

Internet Explorer has a frequent sites bar. It's the best.

iago · May 06, 2004, 05:35 PM

Quote from: Adron on May 06, 2004, 05:33 PM
Internet Explorer has a frequent sites bar. It's the best.

Internet Explorer can still get viruses from websites - no thanks

MyndFyre · May 06, 2004, 06:27 PM

Quote from: iago on May 06, 2004, 05:35 PM
Quote from: Adron on May 06, 2004, 05:33 PM
Internet Explorer has a frequent sites bar. It's the best.

Internet Explorer can still get viruses from websites - no thanks

Not if you're not a dumbass. I can say (knock on wood) that I have never gotten a virus from a website, and I've used IE since v4.0 on Windows 3.1.

iago · May 06, 2004, 06:31 PM

Quote from: Myndfyre on May 06, 2004, 06:27 PM
Quote from: iago on May 06, 2004, 05:35 PM
Quote from: Adron on May 06, 2004, 05:33 PM
Internet Explorer has a frequent sites bar. It's the best.

Internet Explorer can still get viruses from websites - no thanks

Not if you're not a dumbass. I can say (knock on wood) that I have never gotten a virus from a website, and I've used IE since v4.0 on Windows 3.1.

Ok, if you don't go to any sites but a safe sandbox, you're ok. But if you start following unknown links, it can happen. The fact that it CAN is enough to disuade me.