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Re: [LUG] Firefox add-on IE Tab

 

On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 20:50 +0000, Rob Beard wrote:

> Um... as far as I'm aware the IE Tab in Firefox actually emtbeds 
> Internet Explorer into Firefox so it's probably little help.
That's why I am asking. If that is the case, it will have all the
vulnerabilities and she might just as well use IE as it now seems like
an illusion she is using FF. Though I might keep quiet about this....not
sure.
>   It's 
> certainly a good idea to be running an up to date decent anti-virus 
> program.  AVG isn't too bad although if it's for business or charity use 
> then you'd need a licensed version (about £30 or so).
She has a licensed version on her desktop and a free version on her
laptop. As she uses it for work, I may argue the Charity should pay.
>   Is there any 
> reason why she can't use Firefox for everything?
Only the inconvenience of it being a different display for OWA.
> 
> Outlook Web Access should work under Firefox, it just uses a slightly 
> more basic version, at least on the older versions of Exchange.
Yes - it does work.
> 
> Oh by the way, try avoiding things like MyWebSearch, FunWebProducts etc 
> as they're plagued with ad-ware.
She now realises this - a search gave me a lot of info to tell her! At
least we managed to remove it after several goes (Spybot did two passes
- one in safe mode and left FWP which then AdAware removed.)

Thanks

James

-- 
james kilty
http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk


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