Invisible sigs???
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Scorpious
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**forgot what i was gonna say about mozilla but it wasnt good lmao**
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IE works fine... It is most likely that Zone Labs set some security settings in your IE, or has some security settings itself
It is unfortunate to see all these "Security" programs reducing people's online UX (User Experience), and see the blame going to IE by "reflex".
I would set things to default levels:
Tools > Internet Options > Security > Internet > Default Level
Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Medium
IMHO if you have Windows XP SP 2, it comes with a very decent firewall and popup blocker - this is what I use and I *never* get viruses or have any problems.
Furthermore, if you are worried about Trojan horses, adware, etc - you can install this guy which is *free* and works great (even MS critics had nothing bad to say about it!):
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
I hope this helps. Trust my experience, even if my point of view is not popular. It would be much easier to be "cool" and blame Microsoft for everything
For email spam filtering I recommend SafetyBar which used to be called SpamNet. We love it here... You pay a subscription (I think it is $3 a month for 2 computers) but it is well worth it: http://www.cloudmark.com
Take care.
It is unfortunate to see all these "Security" programs reducing people's online UX (User Experience), and see the blame going to IE by "reflex".
I would set things to default levels:
Tools > Internet Options > Security > Internet > Default Level
Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Medium
IMHO if you have Windows XP SP 2, it comes with a very decent firewall and popup blocker - this is what I use and I *never* get viruses or have any problems.
Furthermore, if you are worried about Trojan horses, adware, etc - you can install this guy which is *free* and works great (even MS critics had nothing bad to say about it!):
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
I hope this helps. Trust my experience, even if my point of view is not popular. It would be much easier to be "cool" and blame Microsoft for everything
For email spam filtering I recommend SafetyBar which used to be called SpamNet. We love it here... You pay a subscription (I think it is $3 a month for 2 computers) but it is well worth it: http://www.cloudmark.com
Take care.
Scorpious
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I don't blame Microsoft for stuffs... I just don't like IE, personally. (I was always an Opera fan, until they got too big for their own good and started charging for their browser if you wanted the ad-free version... 
)Although when it works like I want a web browser to work, it's not bad. I just prefer Firefox, especially the built in pop-up blocker... since it's seamlessly integrated with Firefox and you never see it unless it has to block something (like with every page you view on Soundclick...), it works well for me... I can't get SP2 on my comp, even though I have OEM XP Pro, it says my key's invalid. I'll get it when I get my new HD I guess. The only times I HAVE to use IE is when I'm doing stuff on Microsoft pages, or I'm listening to streaming music directly from a webpage(like from Win T-I-P's site or Hove's site). For some reason the plugins for Microsoft's WMP don't install on Firefox... same with quicktime and realaudio... they worked for me in 1.0.3 but not in 1.0.4...
And anyone who hasn't downloaded Microsoft's anti-spyware program needs to download that ASAP... it's very good. I prefer that to Spybot S&D, and I never preferred anything to SS&D before. Especially when it caught like 10 new things SS&D didn't, WHILE IT WAS RUNNING A CHECK ALONGSIDE MICROSOFT'S PROG... grr@spybot.
Ok, that stuff all had nothing to do with the sig problems I don't think. But as far as the sigs, if it's not a blocking prog and it's not your Internet Zone settings, try emptying your cache and deleting the history and the temporary internet files. Who knows there could be something corrupted in there that's causing it, IE used to be notorious for that. Clear out the cookies 'n' stuff and it usually resolves the issue... also, Microsoft's anti-spyware program has an IE Restorer which restores ALL of IE's settings to their defaults(you choose which individual settings to change, or just click "Change All" to completely restore it).
)Although when it works like I want a web browser to work, it's not bad. I just prefer Firefox, especially the built in pop-up blocker... since it's seamlessly integrated with Firefox and you never see it unless it has to block something (like with every page you view on Soundclick...), it works well for me... I can't get SP2 on my comp, even though I have OEM XP Pro, it says my key's invalid. I'll get it when I get my new HD I guess. The only times I HAVE to use IE is when I'm doing stuff on Microsoft pages, or I'm listening to streaming music directly from a webpage(like from Win T-I-P's site or Hove's site). For some reason the plugins for Microsoft's WMP don't install on Firefox... same with quicktime and realaudio... they worked for me in 1.0.3 but not in 1.0.4... And anyone who hasn't downloaded Microsoft's anti-spyware program needs to download that ASAP... it's very good. I prefer that to Spybot S&D, and I never preferred anything to SS&D before. Especially when it caught like 10 new things SS&D didn't, WHILE IT WAS RUNNING A CHECK ALONGSIDE MICROSOFT'S PROG... grr@spybot.
Ok, that stuff all had nothing to do with the sig problems I don't think. But as far as the sigs, if it's not a blocking prog and it's not your Internet Zone settings, try emptying your cache and deleting the history and the temporary internet files. Who knows there could be something corrupted in there that's causing it, IE used to be notorious for that. Clear out the cookies 'n' stuff and it usually resolves the issue... also, Microsoft's anti-spyware program has an IE Restorer which restores ALL of IE's settings to their defaults(you choose which individual settings to change, or just click "Change All" to completely restore it).
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I love the tabs on firefox, it makes scanning through threads extra neat. The security is better too. I hate having links open up on new browsers now. I just right click and open a new tab for everything.
Carnage said:
I am pretty sure that those were not trojan horses or virus... I mean 2 minutes? ... I have been using IE for *years* and had NO problem...
I do have firefox as well, so I know about it and can test things, but quite frankly I think that people are OVERreacting about everything right now. These firewalls warn you about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING - and then people blame it on IE. I think it is too easy.
Anyway
