citizen001
Banned
Can you set Mozilla to be default when you try to open MSN Messenger Email? because it keeps reverting back to IE.
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Chairman Meow
Class IV
citizen001 said:
Unfortunately, no. The later versions of MSN Messenger are hard-coded to only use IE. Bill Gates has to protect himself one way or another...
Thrawn
Emperor
Yes, MSN won't even sign in if IE is set to work offline. 
Use Trillian. Then it will default to whatever your browser is.
citizen001
Banned
i would, but i'm so used to msn, plus i don't use icq or aim or yahoo. and msn addons (msn plus plus plugins) don't work with trillian do they?
don't know, I"ve never tried it.
D/l it, test it...the worst you're going to lose is time, right? I don't think it'd do anything to your system.
There's support forums for it, you could ask there. Home page. Discussion boards.
BTW: At home, I only use Trillian for IRC.... But I use it for the rest at work.
D/l it, test it...the worst you're going to lose is time, right? I don't think it'd do anything to your system.
There's support forums for it, you could ask there. Home page. Discussion boards.
BTW: At home, I only use Trillian for IRC.... But I use it for the rest at work.
Thrawn
Emperor
ack, Trillian for IRC? mIRC is soooo much better.
Maybe, but trillian is free. mIRC you need to pay for.
I've played with mIRC, and didn't like it. I'm already familiar with trillian, so that's what I use.
I've played with mIRC, and didn't like it. I'm already familiar with trillian, so that's what I use.
Thrawn
Emperor
Uh, no, you don't need to pay for mIRC. It's free. You only pay for it if you want to.
Really? When I was using it, it kept saying I had to pay after so long using it.
Oh well.
Trillian works for me.
Oh well.
Trillian works for me.
Thrawn
Emperor
It says that, but unless they've changed something since I started using it years ago, you can keep using it afterwards.
bobgote
Trousers
yeah, it sometimes opens a "pay me" website, but that's about it. doesn't force you to.
Brainly
Chieftain
fret said:
Challenge accepted.
For anybody who didn't read the above text: Warning! This will crash your IE. If you don't want that to happen, don't click on the link.
http://mjt.nysv.org/scratch/InternetExplorer/lol_eggholder.jpg
With Firefox:
"The image "http://mjt.nysv.org/scratch/InternetExplorer/lol_eggholder.jpg cannot be displayed, because it contains errors."
With IE: crash crash
Chairman Meow
Class IV
I use Firefox for several reasons. First, there are fewer known vulnerabilities for Firefox than for IE, which means there are fewer ways that Firefox can be attacked. I wouldn't say Firefox is completely safe; it's not, but with fewer people poking at it looking for vulnerabilities, it is safer to use Firefox regularly than to use IE regularly. Part of the trouble is that over 90% of people use IE, making it the sole target for unsavory types. For that matter, if 90% of people were to switch to Mozilla, then that would be when I would switch to Opera, simply because in this case, it's better to not be completely compatible with the browser that is being targeted.
However, with any browser, you need to take steps to protect yourself. For IE that means turning off ActiveX for everything except Windows Update and the rare non-Windows-Update site that needs ActiveX for a legitimate reason (I can't think of any off the top of my head.) For Firefox, it means turning off automatic XPI installs, which, if it were to be exploited, would be nearly as big of a security hole as ActiveX is for IE.
And ,the final reason I use firefox instead of IE is that IE doesn't run on my operating system of choice.
However, with any browser, you need to take steps to protect yourself. For IE that means turning off ActiveX for everything except Windows Update and the rare non-Windows-Update site that needs ActiveX for a legitimate reason (I can't think of any off the top of my head.) For Firefox, it means turning off automatic XPI installs, which, if it were to be exploited, would be nearly as big of a security hole as ActiveX is for IE.
And ,the final reason I use firefox instead of IE is that IE doesn't run on my operating system of choice.
Brainly
Chieftain
fret: here is another one
Covered here: http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html
There is only 11 bytes needed to crash IE. Simple as that. I don't paste the 11 bytes here so the forum don't put them as actual code. There is also a link to a page that has those 11 bytes implemented, ready to reap havoc (Warning - this link crashes IE: http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/11.html)
Covered here: http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html
There is only 11 bytes needed to crash IE. Simple as that. I don't paste the 11 bytes here so the forum don't put them as actual code. There is also a link to a page that has those 11 bytes implemented, ready to reap havoc (Warning - this link crashes IE: http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/11.html)
nonconformist
Miserable
I never, never use ie. If Firefox can't support the page I'm visiting, I use RealPlayer to log on.
Actually, with IE:Brainly said:Challenge accepted.
For anybody who didn't read the above text: Warning! This will crash your IE. If you don't want that to happen, don't click on the link.
http://mjt.nysv.org/scratch/InternetExplorer/lol_eggholder.jpg
With Firefox:
"The image "http://mjt.nysv.org/scratch/InternetExplorer/lol_eggholder.jpg cannot be displayed, because it contains errors."
With IE: crash crash
And this link does absolutely nothing - it shows a blank white page.Brainly said:fret: here is another one
Covered here: http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/IEstyle.html
There is only 11 bytes needed to crash IE. Simple as that. I don't paste the 11 bytes here so the forum don't put them as actual code. There is also a link to a page that has those 11 bytes implemented, ready to reap havoc (Warning - this link crashes IE: http://www.ecqurity.com/adv/11.html)
All you guys have to do is something unfathomed: Update Windows/Internet Explorer
GrandAdmiral
Deity
Thrawn said:I never said I had a false sense of security, it was a few years ago and he did it as a joke. If one of your friends gave you a link they said was interesting, would you visit it?
I always click no on anything that pops up (unless it's something I've requested and therefore expect and know what it is), but as I'm using firefox, I don't get any of those unknown ones.
I know I said you had a false sense of security because you are assuming that by using a non IE browser such malicious pages won't effect you. Its that type of thinking that hackers take advantage of. They know that the most important part of security is user vigilance and not the mainstream idea of what brands produce secure software. Microsoft and especially its competitors help support this idea that software can be made for dummies and protect them when the real security threat is the ill informed user and that will never change.
hbdragon88
haunted by blackness
Jeratain said:Actually, with IE:
And this link does absolutely nothing - it shows a blank white page.
All you guys have to do is something unfathomed: Update Windows/Internet Explorer
Pwnage. I tried in IE too with SP2 and both rendered exactly as Jertain said. But fro the second one, it had a description of the bug.
I think the problem with IE is that it hardly updates - I mean look at FF and Opera, they're constantly being updated. But IE's rendering engine hasn't been improved in more than 5 years, no features have been added, and it's far less customizable than its alternatives. It only support popup control now, several years after the first popup hit the Internet.
Syterion
Voodoo Economist
I have Firefox, because I wanted the Javascript that comes with it.
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