Ducatiboy stu
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What is IE on my laptop and why do i need it
It's also known to infect your computer with the Win/System32 virus - it creates a folder in C:/Windows/ that can easily be removed by deleting the entire folder (which is usually filled with junk to make it look genuine).is a malicious form of malware which is designed to slow down computer performance and frustrate users. Due to Swiss cheese-like security, it is susceptible to raep by nearly every exploit imaginable. In less than 5 minutes, the average IE installation will Fail as it becomes saturated with worms, unwanted tool bars, and AIDS.
I had this once, took me a pretty long time to get rid of it. Best clean it up before it gets too deep.Internet Explorer:
It's also known to infect your computer with the Win/System32 virus - it creates a folder in C:/Windows/ that can easily be removed by deleting the entire folder (which is usually filled with junk to make it look genuine).
I hear there's work being frantically done getting the native linux port going again.
Whether or not it's good is going to depend on what you use a computer for. I use firefox, beersmith, pidgin & occasionally a spreadsheet or word processor so ubuntu works brilliantly for me. It does mean that I have to use someone elses computer to get music onto my iphone but I see that as a reason not to own an apple product rather than a reason to ditch Linux.
Opera is fast...real fast compared to a well customised install of FF. Not the same developer base as FF though, so all the good scripts you had in FF just aren't available... BUGGER!
I used Opera many years ago and loved it. Then they did an upgrade and it got fat and slow. That is when I converted to FF. Still using 2.0 as I did not care for their brilliant idea of mixing up the history and bookmarks. I am sure I am stuck with 2.0 as I am still using Win98SE. Someday I may upgrade to 2000.