Worms don't care what they have. They just want another member for their zombie horde.

Yes, firefox does occasionally have exploitable holes. However, they are patched faster than IE holes are (google it, don't ask me to go find evidence for you).

Last week eh? That would be true...

kosmoe - you see the truth at last. :)

This isn't an issue on your computer, it's either with how your LAN is configured (unlikely) or your ISP has problems.

kosmoe, the fact is that it does get fixed faster. IE gets fixed in a few months, firefox in a few days (the max is usually a week) if you use the nightly build. I don't need a news article to back...

I would be thinking spyware or viruses, but you already check that... is this justi n IE or does it happen in other browsers too?

It does get fixed faster than IE. The "renaming" of the patches is quite irrelevant, as you said. The real reason that it gets fixed faster is that the people behind it don't have to apply the...

What error do you get when you attempt to access the sites?

Is it:
connection timed out
connection refused
could not resolve host

What do you mean?

I agree with catweazle. It's just a hardly changed old version of firefox...

Haha... the reviews for smartfox are all bad... why are you suggesting it?

All hail firefox. If you're using firefox already, try the WhiteHart skin, it rocks.

Post or PM your email address and I'll email you the firefox 1.0 installer.

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Perhaps... but if you leave yourself open to such things, you make it worse for everyone else.

caperjack:

I totally agree - so long as massive security holes don't count as problems.

Use a better browser (http://www.getfirefox.com/).

I recently switched from IE to FireFox and it imported my favorites and cookies, but everything seems to work fine (no copying of exact registry data). I haven't heard of any security problems and...