IE8

[Electra]

Microsoft keeps pushing IE8 on me so I suppose I will have to download it eventually. Are any of you using this already and have you had any problems with it? I'm not confident I will be able to fix it if anything goes wrong, and I have too much to do business wise to have my computer offline right now.

[MeatPounder]

I love it, it has a lot of featurs the others have had for years and even does some of them better
Plus it has some features other browsers don't even have yet
If you use IE at all anyways it is worth it just for the fact that each tab runs in it's own memory space (about time they finally joined the bandwagon on that one)

[bluechicken]

I think IE8 is the best browser M$ has produced so far.
and it's the best for the average surfer.
but
I still get more out of FireFox as a webmaster

[nate]

It has to be better than the pig firefox has become. After about an hour of intense work, it slows down to a crawl.

[Electra]

Did you just download it and it installed over IE7..or did you have to delete and install clean? I'm really worried about screwing things up LOL

[MeatPounder]

IE8 upgrades so you don't even lose your favorites or settings

[Peedy]

I suggest using a standards compliant such as FireFox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari

[MeatPounder]

I suggest using a standards compliant such as FireFox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari

Actually IE8 is the most compliant browser out there ATM, with the added bonus of compatibility mode with a single click to view to properly view the fucked up sites designed for the old stupid Microsoft browsers

[Peedy]

Actually IE8 is the most compliant browser out there ATM, with the added bonus of compatibility mode with a single click to view to properly view the fucked up sites designed for the old stupid Microsoft browsers

thats laughable

[bluechicken]

if you Do choose to use IE8 , at least use the "Compatibility view" for all sites to all sites so the sites that are not compatible to IE8 still work for you

[Electra]

Ok..one more question..how is IE8 different from IE7? Does it have any great new features or is it just a rehash of IE7 with a couple of cool things added that I possibly will never use anyway?

[stuveltje]

my puter automaticly downloaded ie8, but i have the choise to install it or not, and i didnt install it, i always use firefox, strange is if i check all the traffic on my domains i see ie still as number one and firefox as number 3, yes 3, number 2 sais unknown, i know strange, but thats what it say, still since i change to firefox my puter never got fucked up anymore......stu<---finding a piece of wood to knock on 3 times (heay dutch thing), so i only use firefox:)

[Adult Web Host]

Yeah the first thing I did when I installed Windows 7 on my office PC was to download Firefox. It's been getting the job done for me for years so I have no reason to change anything.

I honestly can't say I tried IE8, but if it made steps past IE7 than it can't be that bad of a browser. I'm sure it still gets the job done well for standard users.

[Licker4U]

The most annoying thing for me with IE8 was when you right click to view source you can't edit the html. I found a fix for that and it's in this: thread (http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/showthread.php?t=53021&highlight=Windows)

[Nymph]

Hey sweetie pie how ya doing?

I did the upgrade thing a few weeks ago. I didn't notice any major changes, except it shuffled my favorites folder a little bit....took me half a day to get all links back where I wanted them. I guess I really should clean that folder out some day.

[rooty]

Hey sweetie pie how ya doing?

I did the upgrade thing a few weeks ago. I didn't notice any major changes, except it shuffled my favorites folder a little bit....took me half a day to get all links back where I wanted them. I guess I really should clean that folder out some day.

LOL do you have that much porn bookmarked ?

[Nymph]

LOL do you have that much porn bookmarked ?

darlin' I have bookmarks going back to 96...I just keep importing them when I get a new PC

[Electra]

Well now I just read this...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/06/new_microsoft_exploit_in_wild/

So I'm going on Firefox until Microsoft comes out with a fix.

You know what? I think I'm going to start playing the lottery..maybe I'll win and retire and never have to use Microsoft again!!

[Cleo]

You know what? I think I'm going to start playing the lottery..maybe I'll win and retire and never have to use Microsoft again!!
I'm still trying to wind the lottery and retire but I've been free of Microsoft for many years.

[Electra]

I'm still trying to wind the lottery and retire but I've been free of Microsoft for many years.

The numbers I would use, which are just birthdays have come up in the PA lottery pick three and pick four at least three times the past six months. I watch Jeopardy at 7pm and the lottery comes on just before that so I almost always see it. But people have always told me that playing the lottery is a mugs game and its better to just save my money, so I never play. Maybe I would be rich by now...although I probably would have had to share my winnings with a million other players. LOL

[MeatPounder]

Well now I just read this...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/06/new_microsoft_exploit_in_wild/

So I'm going on Firefox until Microsoft comes out with a fix.

You know what? I think I'm going to start playing the lottery..maybe I'll win and retire and never have to use Microsoft again!!

Did you read that article?
What isn't in dispute is that IE 7 on Vista is not vulnerable, and as IE8 is more secure then IE& that is really a non issue

[Electra]

Did you read that article?
and as IE8 is more secure then IE& that is really a non issue


Of course I read the article. I don't have IE8 and I am using still using XP..so it is an issue for me.

[MeatPounder]

The thing is, it makes no sense to use a less secure version of ie ;)

If you are going to use IE...you are better off with the most secure version IE8 :)

[Electra]

The thing is, it makes no sense to use a less secure version of ie ;)

If you are going to use IE...you are better off with the most secure version IE8 :)

Oh I know..you're absolutely right. That was the purpose of this whole thread..because I know I have to upgrade but I'm just so scared I will screw everything up doing it...sigh. I think I will wait until the weekend when I will have some non business time to fix things if they go wrong, and then upgrade to IE8 .

[Licker4U]

Other than what I mentioned I can't tell a difference, although I don't use a lot of Windows features

[kickass]

I'm still trying to wind the lottery and retire but I've been free of Microsoft for many years.

Regarding browsers I've been MS free too, I still use Windows XP though, it still is one of the things or the only thing really good that MS has developed IMHO. I'm anxiously waiting for the final Windows 7 version, I heard the Beta version is great and stable, way better than Vista.

[Electra]

Well I finally upgraded to IE8..no problems yet. I also went and got a fix workaround from Microsoft for the XP Active X problem. It disables it or something.

BTW..has anyone heard of a trojan called SHeur2.APPL ?

[~NH~]

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[Electra]

Copied From Tech Support Guy Forums:

Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php

Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
Make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, then click Finish.

If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Quick Scan", then click Scan.

The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.

When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.

When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note)

The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.

Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply.


Extra Note:

If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process. If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediately.


Hope This Helps
|cheers|

Thank you. I went and downloaded that and apart from finding some minor things it said my system was clear. I was getting a virus threat warning whenever I tried to launch my Pirates of the Caribbean Online game. I finally figured out that AVG was giving me a false positive..its done that before with this game..and I went on the game forums and seems other people were having the same problem. So I just went into AVG and made my game launcher file an exception and now everything is back to normal. Probably AVG will fix this at some point. It seems to have a problem with the launcher for the Disney game.

I'm getting a bit better at techie things. LOL