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Posted 24 June 2006 - 01:57 AM

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A free Web browser that bills itself as a tool for privacy protection is, in fact, a click-fraud engine for pornographic Web sites, security vendor Panda Software warned today.

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Posted 24 June 2006 - 10:48 AM

Beware of Mozilla imitations.
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Posted 24 June 2006 - 03:24 PM

With Mozilla Firefox out there who would want another web browser?! :thumbsup:
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Posted 24 June 2006 - 07:24 PM

I couldn't agree more Elendil! Posted Image
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Posted 26 June 2006 - 10:03 AM

I will second that also :thumbsup:

There are some pretty good other web browsers out there,not widely known, but the only problem is if you have not heard of them, then you are not going to want to use them for fear of infection, which is quite right too. One day, the wonderful Firefox will fall to the attackers out there, but for now, it remains (in my view) the best and safest browser available, and i wouldnt be without it!

This post has been edited by graveangel: 26 June 2006 - 10:04 AM

....And on the 8th day God said, "When my children are intelligent, and create the Computer, for my sake may they never screw around with the registry or subscribe to AOL"Posted Image

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