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Plugin Lets Users Turn IE into Firefox
An anonymous reader writes "There is a new plugin available for IE that can make Internet Explorer resemble Firefox by adding tabbed browsing capabilities and an integrated search box. Moreover, the plugin improves IE's privacy and security by integrating a firewall designed to block out Internet exploits, phishing sites, spammers, spyware and worms, with a special HTTP filter that removes private data, and an anti-spyware tool that can identify and remove all pests in less then 10 seconds"
In case the main site is slashdotted, you can also download the program in question here.
So I can make best use of my favorite Active X webapp... RemotelyAnywhere. (and yes, I know that RA uses Java as well, but the ActiveX interface is SO much nicer!)
any chance this has spyware, etc?
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)
that you can't polish a turd. I guess somebody thinks you can.
My humor is probably your flamebait
Or maybe their Apache/Linux server is just mimicking IIS/Windows
Will it remove disable all the plugins that were installed without my permission, including Genuine Advantage?
format c: /q /x /y
I hear you, borther.
It's like... like... choosing a guy over a girl for rough anal sex.
Sure, with the guy you get the job done, but sheesh, you feel dirty afterwards.
The latter, however, gets the job done AND makes you feel like a man.
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Laugh, damn it! It's a joke!
... while providing the same level of security ...
:)
as IE??? That's how I read it at first
Once we had that, then we could code a new type of worm that installed firefox through an IE exploit (Ironic!) that looked exactly like IE. Once that was done the worm could attempt to send itself out to a certain number of computers and then terminate completely and remove all traces of itself. It's Brilliant! The best thing is that no one would know!
Of course then you may end up giving MS a big head. THey may think something like, "Look, we finally fixed most of it!"
-- Afternoon Satire
Generation Trance: What generation are you?
I am shocked that a Slashdot editor named "ScuttleMonkey" is not more dignified or intelligent in his postings. Now if you'll excuse, someone just threw poo at the back of my head.
A 16 year old putting on a fake mustache to buy beer.
Unless I can change the microsoft flag to the firefox icon I am not interested. Oh wait, I already have firefox.
Did someone named "DysenteryInTheRanks" just criticize someone named "ScuttleMonkey" for not being dignified, and is somehow surprised that someone threw poo at his head? :0
The more you know, the less you understand.
I'll just bet you weren't saying this about Lindows when Microsoft was sueing them.
I'd like a plugin for Firefox that automatically sends hate mail to webmasters who actively block anyone not using IE or Nutscrape Aggrivator.
"He who throws mud, loses ground." - proverb
>but small enough to run on a floppy!
What's a floppy?
Unfortuately its a bloody ActiveX plugin with the Gecko engine in, and its huge!
:P
That's what she said....
it requires a new version of x, which requires a new version of x
Oh dear, that's not good.
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*fwash* There was no alternate Slashdot layout. What you saw was light from the planet Venus, refracted through swamp gas.
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What's a floppy?
Don't worry, they have pills for that now..
Didn't MyIE2 become Maxthon due to being caught embedding spyware and wanting to get away from the known bad name?
No, they changed the name because it had IE in it.
try these :
Free Linux
Open Linux
Net Linux
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