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KS-FINN

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I have a question about Firefox/Mozilla Browser. I currently am using Windows Internet Explorer 7.0. Do I need to unistall Internet Explorer 7.0 before installing Firefox/Mozilla.? I would also like to know if Firefox has a Phishing Filter.

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Hey KS-FINN. Somebody that knows more will help You soon. But NO Dont uninstall IE, You can use them side by side . when I had it I had it on My desktop. I got rid of it Because I had other problems. But am going to download it again. I cant tell You about the phishing filter. But everyone here says it,s much safer than IE. Hope this helps a little. Cowboy. Oopps sorry I type to slow

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Hello.

 

Of course you don't need to uninstall Internet Explorer 7.0 before installing Mozilla Firefox. They're two completely separate products and you can have both installed at the same time, as a matter of fact, you can even use both at the same time. Mozilla Firefox is a great browser, I really recommend it!

 

And yes, Mozilla Firefox does have a phishing filter.

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Hi KS-FINN,

 

I always used IE6, and downloaded Firefox out of curiosity.

 

When I first got this computer, I didn`t actually realise that there was an alternative to IE.

 

I dowloaded IE7 just after it came out, and thought it was really good, especially with the tabbed browsing. However, I still occasionally got the dreaded "Internet Explorer is not responding, and will have to close".

 

I now use Firefox2 99% of the time, and it has never, so far, failed on me. (I`m probably tempting providence saying that).

 

The 1% I use IE7 for, is visiting the microsoft update site. Which I respectfully hope is something you do.

 

Regards

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:rolleyes: Thanks for every ones help. Ill download it tonight.

Firefox is a wonderful browser. Lots of very knowledgeable people here use it. If you ever have any problems with it, make this foum your first port of call.

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Yeah FireFox is a fast and a reliable Browser. But you can't uninstall IE7, it just rolls back to IE6 -_-

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mozilla is just so cool,you will fall in love with it.ive only been using it 6months,cant believe i stook with IE that long,old habits die hard eh.check out those kool add-ons like foxytunes which lets u control ur music in ur browser,or videodownloader which will let u rip vids off youtube.although i think IE is starting to get those now :(

if ya didnt need IE for microsoft updates,i literally wud never use it,like most people

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