Posted by Linda Juenger on 3/7/10 10:24pm
Msg #325843

Virus alert May want to check it out.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/f1key.asp

Reply by Ilene C. Seidel on 3/8/10 4:42am
Msg #325850

Thanks Linda

Reply by PAW on 3/8/10 7:19am
Msg #325852

This is a primary reason NOT to use Internet Explorer

Microsoft is often the target of malicious software and virus attacks because of its wide usage. Especial Internet Explorer (or as I like to call it, Internet Exploder).

There are a bunch of alternatives to IE, and most of them are free, usually work better/faster and not so prone to attack. The biggest Windows based browser is FireFox. Many of the items that were developed by the FireFox developers have been included in the new versions of IE. (Imitation is the highest form of flattery.) Other browsers include Chrome, Opera, SeaMonkey, Safari and Netscape. (There are quite a few others too.) The latest one receiving a very close look, is the Chinese reincarnation of MyIE2 called Maxthon version 2.

Reply by TRG_wy on 3/8/10 8:16am
Msg #325854

Re: This is a primary reason NOT to use Internet Explorer

I have been Maxthon since 2002 - wasn't aware it was "Chinese".

I know it was bought out about three years ago.

I use Firefox on my laptop. The only time I use Microsoft IE is when a site or program forces me to use it. Agree with you though.

Reply by PAW on 3/8/10 8:31am
Msg #325856

Re: This is a primary reason NOT to use Internet Explorer

From the Maxthon website, product history ...

"The original version of what is today Maxthon was created in China by a man named Changyou, who wanted to customize Internet Explorer. Changyou routinely posted his code on his BBS for others to develop. He left the code posed when he left abruptly for five years, some say because of political differences. Jeff Chen, then a software engineer in Singapore six years out of college, noticed the code lying untouched and began expanding it. For a long time, the browser continued under its original name, MyIE. But in 2003, Chen, realizing that most of the program was made up of code he had written, decided to change the name to Maxthon."

http://www.maxthon.com/press/Maxthon%20Background.pdf

Reply by TRG_wy on 3/8/10 8:40am
Msg #325857

Re: Maxthon

Thanks for the enlightment.

My son (an IT guru) introduced me to it because of my hatred for IE. I do a lot of genealogy research and the features of Maxthon are great for that.

Sorry for hijacking the original thread.

- Rusty in Wyoming