Whats the deal with IE7??

chrislo · 11-29-2007, 10:27 PM

It was just in this one instance I recalled, some web pages I tried to load would just freeze and shut down. Funny that IE6 works just fine on these sites. I think its a software flaw in IE7.

PC eye · 11-29-2007, 10:43 PM

Or the improved security features like the antiphising filter is doing what they were intended to do namely patch up all the security flaws in IE 6! 98 saw 5.0, ME saw 5.5, and XP saw 6.0 six years ago. With IE 7 and a web security feature recently added I never even see trojans, trojan downloader, or even browser hijacker attempts anymore since IE 7 will veer you away during a search from the crap sites for the most part.

chrislo · 11-30-2007, 02:38 PM

I haven't seen any kind of malicious software try to get into my PC for awhile. Whenever I do see it though my security software takes care of it. Plus every day it does an auto scan in the background.

jnskyliner34 · 11-30-2007, 02:44 PM

you don't want to use firefox? it's pretty good, i haven't encountered any bugs in the two years i've been using it. and almost all sites can be viewed using firefox.

chrislo · 11-30-2007, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jnskyliner34

you don't want to use firefox? it's pretty good, i haven't encountered any bugs in the two years i've been using it. and almost all sites can be viewed using firefox.

Internet Explorer works fine for me, its just IE7 had these issues. IE6 works fine.

PC eye · 11-30-2007, 09:40 PM

Initially the beta verion of IE 7 saw headaches and was removed fast. Since that time XP went on the new build and had to be reinstalled when the first board quit and still sees IE 7 go right on without problems. You'll probably find that some program you have running there was only intended for use wth IE 6.

ramodkk · 11-30-2007, 10:27 PM

I tried to install it before some time ago, and it didn't work, it froze very often.

So I went to Firefox

PC eye · 11-30-2007, 11:15 PM

You may have downloaded it while it was still in beta if it was prior to Vista's release. Once Vista was out the final version was then seen available. Here it goes on and works just as well as any other browser.

chrislo · 12-01-2007, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

You'll probably find that some program you have running there was only intended for use wth IE 6.

Maybe thats the case, some of these websites were only made to work for IE6.

PC eye · 12-02-2007, 02:42 AM

This would be due to the new antiphising feature added into IE 7 to correct all of the vulnerabilities seen in IE 6 there. Another thing to remember is to never let the Google toolbar be installed on either IE or FF since that is known for opening your system up to adwares and spywares, phising attacks, etc.. That's one reason why I've been seeing how well the Crawler toolbar feature seen in Spyware Terminator works while limited to searching through crawler's own site.

11-29-2007, 10:27 PM	#11 (permalink)
chrislo Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 21 Posts: 224	It was just in this one instance I recalled, some web pages I tried to load would just freeze and shut down. Funny that IE6 works just fine on these sites. I think its a software flaw in IE7. __________________ Computer Spec's: Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 (TV Tuner Card) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.46GHz (2 CPUs HyperThreading) 3 GB's of Ram 2 80 GB Hard Drives ATI RADEON X850 Platinum Edition 256 MB SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't do...

11-29-2007, 10:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,685	Or the improved security features like the antiphising filter is doing what they were intended to do namely patch up all the security flaws in IE 6! 98 saw 5.0, ME saw 5.5, and XP saw 6.0 six years ago. With IE 7 and a web security feature recently added I never even see trojans, trojan downloader, or even browser hijacker attempts anymore since IE 7 will veer you away during a search from the crap sites for the most part. __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

11-30-2007, 02:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
chrislo Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, USA Age: 21 Posts: 224	I haven't seen any kind of malicious software try to get into my PC for awhile. Whenever I do see it though my security software takes care of it. Plus every day it does an auto scan in the background. __________________ Computer Spec's: Dell Dimension XPS Gen 4 Windows XP MCE 2005 SP2 (TV Tuner Card) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.46GHz (2 CPUs HyperThreading) 3 GB's of Ram 2 80 GB Hard Drives ATI RADEON X850 Platinum Edition 256 MB SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't do...

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jnskyliner34 Platinum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines Age: 18 Posts: 959	you don't want to use firefox? it's pretty good, i haven't encountered any bugs in the two years i've been using it. and almost all sites can be viewed using firefox. __________________ O.S. - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Motherboard - Foxconn K8M890 Socket 939 Processor - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0ghz Memory - 1.5gb DDR2-SDRAM PC5300 Hard Disk Drive - Maxtor 160gb 5400rpm SATA Video Card - Inno3D GeForce 7300GS 512mb Gamepad - Saitek Cyborg Rumble Pad

11-30-2007, 09:40 PM	#16 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,685	Initially the beta verion of IE 7 saw headaches and was removed fast. Since that time XP went on the new build and had to be reinstalled when the first board quit and still sees IE 7 go right on without problems. You'll probably find that some program you have running there was only intended for use wth IE 6. __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

11-30-2007, 10:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
ramodkk Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: There > Age: 16 Posts: 3,336	I tried to install it before some time ago, and it didn't work, it froze very often. So I went to Firefox __________________ E2160 @ 2.7GHz AC Freezer 7 Pro Gigabyte P35-DS3L 2GB BallistiX Tracers DDR2-1000 Sapphire HD3870 Rosewill RD500 500W NZXT Apollo Orange 3DMark06: 10,017 Winner of Photo Tourny: What were they thinking? & Grass

11-30-2007, 11:15 PM	#18 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,685	You may have downloaded it while it was still in beta if it was prior to Vista's release. Once Vista was out the final version was then seen available. Here it goes on and works just as well as any other browser. __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

12-02-2007, 02:42 AM	#20 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 18,685	This would be due to the new antiphising feature added into IE 7 to correct all of the vulnerabilities seen in IE 6 there. Another thing to remember is to never let the Google toolbar be installed on either IE or FF since that is known for opening your system up to adwares and spywares, phising attacks, etc.. That's one reason why I've been seeing how well the Crawler toolbar feature seen in Spyware Terminator works while limited to searching through crawler's own site. __________________ Users Fight to Save Windows XP! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4646547 Microsoft Not Ruling Out XP Extension http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4716159

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