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BUB 209

I hate to be vague, but I read somewhere in this group about getting "rid"
of IE entirely and going with Mozilla. Would it be worthwhile to literally
remove IE entirely? If so, what would be the best way to remove it
considering that it's not in my add/remove list?
 
BUB said:
I hate to be vague, but I read somewhere in this group about getting
"rid" of IE entirely and going with Mozilla. Would it be worthwhile
to literally remove IE entirely? If so, what would be the best way
to remove it considering that it's not in my add/remove list?
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BUB:

You can't completely remove IE as it is built into the Windows OS.

Steve
 
I hate to be vague, but I read somewhere in this group about getting "rid"
of IE entirely and going with Mozilla. Would it be worthwhile to literally
remove IE entirely? If so, what would be the best way to remove it
considering that it's not in my add/remove list?
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There's a free utility called IEradicator:

http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html

that can be used on some (earlier) versions of Windows. However, I
don't advise using it for permanent eradication on Windows ME since
too much of the OS becomes disfunctional. You have to understand that
M$ integrated IE deeply into the OS. I did though run Win 98 original
for many years with IE eradicated (and the html engine gutted just to
make sure no app could use it :))

Your best bet unless you're using Win 98 and want to try IEradicator
is to set security to high in all zones and don't use it for anything
except Windows updating and installing OS patches. And make sure the
settings are set back to high after using Windows update.

I avoid using any software that requires IE. That includes some
antivirus software and firewalls, BTW.

And don't forget to dump OE!


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Your best bet unless you're using Win 98 and want to try IEradicator
is to set security to high in all zones and don't use it for anything
except Windows updating and installing OS patches. And make sure the
settings are set back to high after using Windows update.
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Also, patch the registry, so that you can control the settings for
the "My Computer" zone, to disable activex, etc. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315933

Regards, Dave Hodgins
 
BUB:

You can't completely remove IE as it is built into the Windows OS.

Steve
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Win98se here without any MSIE, or its html parsing engine [MSHTML.dll]
None of the past, present, or future I-worms can do anything to me ;-)
 
BUB:

You can't completely remove IE as it is built into the Windows OS.

Steve
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Win98se here without any MSIE, or its html parsing engine [MSHTML.dll]
None of the past, present, or future I-worms can do anything to me ;-)
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I'd say I-worm prevention in particular has more to do with securing
(closing or blocking) your internet ports against incoming, patching
your OS, and using a sane email app with common sense (deleting all
unsolicited attackments).

However, high browser security can prevent auto-downloading/installing
of Trojans/droppers/downloaders ... which in some cases might install
I-worms, I suppose. More commonly, RATs, backdoors, spyware and adware
are installed via IE nowdays, I believe. Sometimes users actually are
hit with viruses and multipartites :)


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
However, high browser security can prevent auto-downloading/installing
of Trojans/droppers/downloaders ... which in some cases might install
I-worms, I suppose. More commonly, RATs, backdoors, spyware and adware
are installed via IE nowdays, I believe. Sometimes users actually are
hit with viruses and multipartites :)
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Art... is that you saying that?
I didn't think an I-worm was something to be installed,
but rather a vector component in the spread of malware.
 
Art... is that you saying that?
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Lesee. No, it's not my chimp friend :)
I didn't think an I-worm was something to be installed,
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They do install themselves.
but rather a vector component in the spread of malware.
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I-worms spread/replicate/install from PC to PC. But each time there is
a installation on the new PC. In order to survive, the worm must be
active (in memory) after each boot. That requires a installation. No?


Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
Bart Bailey said:
In Message-ID:<9H3Ec.124295$eu.22442@attbi_s02> posted on Tue, 29 Jun
2004 01:35:01 GMT, Steve wrote: Begin:
BUB 209 wrote:
I hate to be vague, but I read somewhere in this group about
getting "rid" of IE entirely and going with Mozilla. Would it be
worthwhile to literally remove IE entirely? If so, what would be
the best way to remove it considering that it's not in my
add/remove list?

BUB:

You can't completely remove IE as it is built into the Windows OS.

Steve
Click to expand...

Win98se here without any MSIE, or its html parsing engine
[MSHTML.dll] None of the past, present, or future I-worms can do
anything to me ;-)
Click to expand...
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Wow, are those famous last words!?!?!? Happy
networking Bart!
 
Wow, are those famous last words!?!?!? Happy
networking Bart!
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Thanks, I do enjoy the net,
especially after having won an immunity challenge. ;-)
Plus it's fun to watch the blur as my MW-P zaps all those payload heavy
emails before they ever get to the front door, not that they would do
anything if they did. Occasionally I even select a few from the header
queue and deliberately save the attackments to see what KAV calls them.
 
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