# I have finally lost my patience with Internet Explorer.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 4, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-finally-lost-my-patience-with-internet-explorer/263071 "2004-09-04T03:41:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-finally-lost-my-patience-with-internet-explorer/263071/61 "2004-09-07T06:59:54Z")

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I’m somewhat of a tech geek… I love technology and computers. I have tried a majority of the browsers out there, and I was impressed with FireFox and Opera. But still, I use IE, since that is what I"m used to. In fact, I just turned my roommate onto FireFox, and she absolutely loves it! It’s a great proggie! = )

I guess I am “lucky”, as in in 10 years, I have never gotten spyware or a virus. I’m not trying to be the one to buck the trend of this thread, but it’s not the browser, necessarily, it’s the surfing habits. Granted, my home network setup is a bit more robust than the average home user… Cisco hardware firewall, etc… and I have also adjusted my IE settings to be a bit more secure. I do run AdAware (and SpyBot, etc), but all it ever finds is cookies, which may be annoying is _not_ spyware. The term “spyware” has been bastardized to include cookies, malware, stuff you _accepted_ to download (but didn’t really want to since you weren’t paying attention when you clicked “yes”, etc).

I think it still comes down to good surfing behaviour. I am not here to preach or try to convert anyone back to IE… use what you like best! I just wanted to give the tale of one lad that hasn’t had these problems with IE. YMMV.

I know my situation will not suit a majority of the people out there, but thanks for listening. = )

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