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so, most of the people are using Internet Explorer - well, it was on the system when they bought it so.....

Welcome to M$ advert heaven - and it has so many holes in it you would be amazed (IE7 is a little better but....)

So how else can you browse the web safely?

If you want to stay with IE, then there are two simple things to do to stop pop ups/unders and spam shite.... First off, go to www.google.co.uk and click on the "more" icon

then install the google toolbar - that will stop a lot of popup adverts straight off :)

the next one is a little more difficult - but try it

head to http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and read up and install - it works - so well that many websites will have empty panes where the adverts used to be..... saves a lot of time and bandwidth!

What about Firefox 2? or Opera 9

aye - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ - Firefox, is what I use - i have not tried opera in a while so can't comment

Opera isn't bad, its catching up with Firefox for ease of use IMO

Some useful add ons there for ff.

nod - have heard that - but i believe that there is a cost in it?

I have got so used to firefox that I have stopped looking at other things - but, as opera works on the Nintendo Wii I may have to look soon :)

Aladinsaneuk wrote:nod - have heard that - but i believe that there is a cost in it?

I have got so used to firefox that I have stopped looking at other things - but, as opera works on the Nintendo Wii I may have to look soon :)

How do you get Opera on the Wii?

you have to now buy the internet channel - was free when the original post was made - about 500 points i believe?

Plus as a new member on the site it shows willing
Currently the most popular choices appear to be

stick with internet explorer
Firefox
Google Chrome

of these 3 Chrome appears to be gaining most popularity at present personally I wouldn't use it but then I am fighting a losing battle against having half my life recorded.

Some tips that you can use to try and maintain performance is to look for the option to delete files when closing the browser (in IE this under internet options then advanced and is a box you select from the list)

You should also check for options not to reuse data such as storing passwords form data etc usually under the security options I think