Whats wrong with my IE6?

[Chip]

IE - internet exploder

[Gino_Antonio]

A newly formatted Windows box thats connected to the internet usually gets compromised in less than an hour :-)

well, if thats the case, tama nga si theveed... its a an IE6

[badkuk]

haguber:A newly formatted Windows box thats connected to the internet usually gets compromised in less than an hour :-)

this is so true. disconnect mo muna ung pc, install the latest os patches, then install antivirus and firewall kaagad before reconnecting

unless the requirements of the job is IE, don't use IE. a long time ago, IE beat Navigator hands down; these days it's the reverse. And IE hasn't been updated in a long time -- ung Firefox e every few months me bagong version.

IE does load faster on windows pcs though. can you say "anti-trust"?


..same with Outook/Outlook Express. ThunderBird ka na lang. it'll save you a lot of headaches.

[flakez]

haguber:A newly formatted Windows box thats connected to the internet usually gets compromised in less than an hour :-)

exactly, pagkatapos ko mag reformat, update muna ako ng windows tapos install ng antivirus(update na din) tapos install ng FIREFOX. hehehe. tapos un pwede na ko mag surf.

[ozcity]

thanks...alam ko na ang cause.. ....when i installed YM wt voice..dun nag kaka problema yung IE6 ko...

[nicolodeon]

Oz, IE6 shouldn't behave like that even if you installed YM wt voice. I got of the laptops that I use for the office configured for YM wt voice. I use IE6 as the browser (I don't have any choice, company policy, evenn though 90% of the people at work knows IE6 sucks) and it works just fine.

[ozcity]

ah ok...newly formatted itong pc ko..when i installed Ym wt voice...hang yung 1st IE6 ko...then try ko uninstall yung YM...ok na...then i use the old YM 6.0..everythings fine now and working properly..

im running on W2k with SP2..

imho installing or using other programs or browser is not the solution,..find the cause of the problem then fix it..hehehe IE6 talaga ako..

thanks for the techi replies.....

[chris_d]

Buti naayos kaagad problem mo, magiisip pa naman sana ako ng troubleshooting steps... hehe, trabaho ko kasi tech support sa ISP (sa call center), araw-araw puro internet related issues inaayos ko...

Ok naman yung IE as a browser, nde ganun kadali magkaroon ng spyware. Kelangan pa rin ng user interaction to get the actual spyware app installed. Most of the time there is a prompt before the spyware gets installed, either within the browser or when installing 3rd party apps. Kahit wala rin antivirus at firewall ok lang rin yung pc, actually mas mabilis talaga pag walang av/fw. Sa laptop ko nde na ako naginstall ng ganun, yun lang nga tech ako kaya more or less alam ko mga ins and outs ng pc the same way you guys know about cars.

[Mojo]

Ozicity

dasal ka nawalang IE exploit tatama sa computer mo, i can tell you first hand that Mozilla is way secure than IE, kaya nakaka leche leche ang windows dahil sa IE kasi yung IE, naka embedded sa OS tas yung IE gumagamit ng nakapa unsecure na Activex.

pagmay activex/IE vulnerability, damay OS,

san ka nanakita surf ka lang, malalgayan ng keylogger computer mo wala user intervention.

[ozcity]

Ozicity

dasal ka nawalang IE exploit tatama sa computer mo, i can tell you first hand that Mozilla is way secure than IE, kaya nakaka leche leche ang windows dahil sa IE kasi yung IE, naka embedded sa OS tas yung IE gumagamit ng nakapa unsecure na Activex.

pagmay activex/IE vulnerability, damay OS,

san ka nanakita surf ka lang, malalgayan ng keylogger computer mo wala user intervention.

thanks..but after 12 long yrs IE talga gamit ko..

[badkuk]

well, at least try it(FireFox) out. wala talaga akong tiwala sa M$ pagdating sa security. they've openly admitted that features are their priority, not security.

[WeaponX]

I agree with Theveed: you might be infected with spyware or some form of MalWare (malicious software). You might also be experiencing a DNS (Denial of Service Attack)...

Nico,

Should be DoS, Denial of Service.

[chris_d]

In IE, pwede disable Active X...

I've used mozilla and firefox long before many of you probably even heard of it, I must say it is very good. The extensions and themes are a nice touch also. Tabs are good too. But for whatever reason I always go back to using internet explorer. Netscape is also good.

[BlueBimmer]

IE sucks donkey balls. i only use it if the site im surfing absolutely requires IE.

[nicolodeon]

Nico,

Should be DoS, Denial of Service.

He he he, oo nga ano. Wrong mistake.

Thanks!

[ILuvDetailing]

Sorry OT question: What firewall do you guys use?

IMO, if your gonna use XP, make sure you get SP2 or else you'll run into security problems. Much better if you can get XP with SP2 bundled in.

[nicolodeon]

OT

Dun sa office: ISA (serverside). Tapos, may hardware firewall pa kami. And, just so that our IT geeks (pardon the French) are content and happy, we have Sygate firewall on our clients. Windows XP Prof, all SPs installed.

Sa bahay:Yung laptop, Windows XP Prof, all SPs installed. Using Sygate Professional firewall. Yung desktop, naka-Linux eh kaya walang SPs. I created the firewall for my Linux box using TIS Firewall Toolkit.

[Mojo]

Chris_D

try disabling activex sa IE, youll get persistent nag screen saying u need activex to view a page.

[BlueBimmer]

Chris_D

try disabling activex sa IE, youll get persistent nag screen saying u need activex to view a page.

it will drive u nuts n u'll swear never to use IE again unless extremely necessary..

[flakez]

it will drive u nuts n u'll swear never to use IE again unless extremely necessary..

tama. hehe. naalala ko ung boss ko dati sa ojt. sa kabwisitan sa daming spywares ganyan na lang ginawa niya. disable niya lahat ng active x sa buong company. lahat tuloy nagtatanong sa amin kung ano isasagot don sa pop-up. hehehe