Firefox 1.0.4 Released!

The new update for Firefox (v1.0.4)was released (actually last night) ... just found out about it ...

<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/" target="_new">Firefox 1.0.4</A>

Important: Read the install notes (always uninstall old version before installing new updated version)

<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.4.html#install" target="_new">Installing Firefox</A>

<A HREF="http://funnyfox.org/" target="_new">Get Firefox video</A>

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.Edited by Jake_Barnes on 05/12/05 12:48 PM.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Uninstall, bah. I just use the updater (Advaced tab, in Options). Worked fine. Though it's probably doing the uninstall automatically for me.

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Reply to mousepotato

I would say that 95% of the install problems people report in the Mozilla Firefox forums comes from not uninstalling the old version 1st ... takes me maybe 3-5 minutes to d/l, uninstall and install the new version ... took me longer to type this post than to do all above ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Firefox just rocks. Too bad M$ can't produce updates but once a month.

I always just upgrade and never uninstall.

Reply to bjpatrick

A question for any FF user out there. Has anybody figured out how to get "embedded video" (like the Bolton link) to play in FF? I have no clue how to configure windows media player 9 to get it to play embedded clips ... any help would be appreciated. Also, if anybody knows how to get WMP 9 to "plug-in" to alternate browsers, please let me know ... I'm messing with Opera a bit, and have the same embedded video issues there.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

I'm using Firefox. The Bolton clip played fine for me. I didn't reconfigure anything, just installed normally.

But I am using WMP10 (not 9).

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Reply to mousepotato

Maybe I'll install 10 ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

For some damn reason WMP 10 hangs on install & won't install ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Well, it would probably install fine if you used IE instead of Fire Fox when you tried to do the install.

Seriously, try it.

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Reply to russell

Russell ... you've got this issue with Firefox, don't you? BTW, I don't install with a browser. I d/l an exe file and run it ... no browser involved.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Yea but did you try using IE?????????

just kidding, how ya doing jake???

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Reply to russell

lol ... sorry Russell, I'm ok and thanks for asking ... you doing ok?
*I hope this don't turn into some love fest*

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

He does have a thing against FireFox though... [shrug]

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

Yea, I tried it twice and was infected both times with ad and spy ware so just gave up.

I've been considering giving it another try, I think I'll wait until this newest version get it's kinks worked out though.

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Reply to russell

That's :cool: Man!!! :smile:

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

i thought it was a pretty stable browser...

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Reply to mrface

Quote :

I KILL butterflies.

LOL

Don't you think that the word SWAT instead of KILL would suffice?

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Reply to russell

He doesn't carry an M16 anymore, it's a can of Raid.

"My magic words at half-time were f*ck, bollocks, bastard, crap and piss-poor." - Mick McCarthy

Reply to RobD

My bud PF can get it done with just a fly swatter.

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Reply to russell

Hell, just a flick of the fingers would suffice I'd have thought.... Although I'm coming round to the idea of an M16 though. Wanna make sure the job's done right you know!

"My magic words at half-time were f*ck, bollocks, bastard, crap and piss-poor." - Mick McCarthy

Reply to RobD

I think what we need right now is a newbie to release on.

Hi my name is noob and I want to know how a central processing unit really works.

Tnx in advance.
Noob

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Reply to russell

I like it & run it, what can I say...

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

...*dry humps newbie's leg*...

:eek: I'm the good time that was had by all :eek:

Reply to WingDing

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I've been considering giving it another try, I think I'll wait until this newest version get it's kinks worked out though.

Hehehehe, I thought the goal is to consider it BECAUSE there are no kinks to work out, LMAO. :lol:

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Reply to eden

Anyone else still using Avast?

I use it on the laptop. Despite a review online showing it to be amongst the weakest, I have to admit it is pretty damn impressive!
It made sure to remove most of the crap, whether adware or spyware or malware or viruses, using the boot-time scan feature especially.
It actually almost completely wiped all of the crap on my cousin's PC, who had over 300 problems as reported by AdAware. Worse though is they were regenerating on every bootup, so they reinstall themselves no matter what you do to clean the system with. Amazingly, Avast's boot-time scan cleaned what seemed to report over 2000 infections (not just in files, but general infections) and the only thing that remained was perhaps one spyware, that could no longer launch right lmao (it was reporting an error upon attempting to start when IE was launched). Hehehe sorta like disabling an annoying insect's wings and watching it still try to fly and attack you.

For a free AV, I admit you guys weren't wrong at all about it being nice.

But one thing I thought I'd mention: Despite the big negatives of NAV2005, I have to admit I can't seem to be pushed to switch. Ya know what? It does the job! I mean, each time a virus tries to even launch itself, it'll wipe it. I think the new 2005 version is really aggressive. I can't say I'm disatisfied with Norton's new AV, it simply works well and hasn't failed me so far. I know it sounds weird, because of all the negatives we hear of it and that I have experienced too, but right now I gotta say, everytime I think of removing it and putting Avast on the main PC, to free up RAM, I usually end up with some virus popping and NAV doing its job, which quickly pushes me back from pulling
the plug on the AV.

I guess everyone's mileage may vary. :eek:

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Reply to eden

VIRUS! DO NOT INSTALL!

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Reply to dhlucke

Bitch ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

HEY, quit bitching at DH. I'm the flipping newbie here and I demand your unsolicited bitching be directed only to me!

Noob

P/S
When are you computer nerds going to answer my question about how a CPU works?????

I bet you keyboard jocks don't even know the answer!

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Reply to russell

Quote :

It actually almost completely wiped all of the crap on my cousin's PC, who had over 300 problems as reported by AdAware. Worse though is they were regenerating on every bootup, so they reinstall themselves no matter what you do to clean the system with. Amazingly, Avast's boot-time scan cleaned what seemed to report over 2000 infections (not just in files, but general infections) and the only thing that remained was perhaps one spyware, that could no longer launch right lmao (it was reporting an error upon attempting to start when IE was launched). Hehehe sorta like disabling an annoying insect's wings and watching it still try to fly and attack you.

Let me help you with this Eden ... the reason your cousin's PC was so infected was, probably, not his security apps ... but his lack of common sense ... see, if you don't visit these "shaky" sites or abuse poor P2P sites, that stuff doesn't nail you. The best security app is the users habits.

As far as spyware returning ... come on buddy, you know this ... that stuff hides in System restore ... and no spyware cleaner nor AV can get to it there ... you have to delete your restore points and turn it off to do full scans to fully rid yourself of scumware.

Last point ... seems to me (and I monitor security websites and forums daily), that the tide has turned in the virus v spyware war ... seems that viruses are less a threat and spyware is becoming much more of a problem ... if you really want to know, let me know - I've posted some good advice in the XP forum

[/sorry guys for the tech sh|t down here]

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

I guess I'll have to ask Sod my question.

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Reply to russell

Russell ... please not the nuclear option ... and I don't know what a cpu is, sorry ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Just as I thought, you fake gurus don't really have all the answers.

signed
Noob

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Reply to russell

Hell, I'm no guru ... just your pedestrian level asshole ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

This place is getting wimpy for sure. Here I am trying to sacrifice myself, utterly throw myself into the dark pit known as the "Other" section [/Twilight Zone music], and nothing. I guess I have established myself as un-beatable in insults and debates.[RCish Shrug]
Chickens!

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Reply to russell

Well, I'm plenty happy with Avast... I've been running it for about 5 or 6 months now... I don't mis NAV a bit, really.. I have noticed an occasional lock up with Avast updating on the web, but that's the only hole I've been able to punch through it.... [shrug]

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

Well yea bud .. and that "glitch" didn't put you out too many Coors ... :eek:

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

No way Man!!!! Anything that gets into my Coors, dosen't last long around here!!!!!

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

lmao ... :cool:

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

By the By, that 12er I wrecked tonight, didn't complin one little bit!!!!!

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Reply to RCPilot

You see ... I'm doing the exact same thing ... :wink:

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

What the hey, it's Fri. night!!!

Of course, any night is a good night for Coors beer!!!!! [belch]

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Reply to RCPilot

[belch] ... u say something ... [belch]

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Susan just came home ... told her she looked good tonight ... she said what you mean ... I said compared to last night ... she said what you mean ... I said, last night, you looked like shit ...

<pre>probably shouldn't had said that ... </pre>
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

Naw..... [fart]

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

lmao

Finesse isn't one of your finer points, I'd say......

Good thing you've got the beer then....

Dazzle them with Brilliance, or Baffle them with BS! :wink:

Reply to RCPilot

Oh no ... I'm mister smooth talker ... sometimes ...

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

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Let me help you with this Eden ... the reason your cousin's PC was so infected was, probably, not his security apps ... but his lack of common sense ... see, if you don't visit these "shaky" sites or abuse poor P2P sites, that stuff doesn't nail you. The best security app is the users habits.

d00d, trust me, I blasted him all right. Did you know that was MY PC that I sold to him, less than a week before? 6 days later I come and see it wrecked like nothing else, with windows popping, XXX toolbars and reports of well over 300 problems. That of course was done without any security application at all. :frown:
As soon as I came, Avast, AdAware and Spybot were put in. We cleaned that beast up pretty well I tell ya.

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As far as spyware returning ... come on buddy, you know this ... that stuff hides in System restore ... and no spyware cleaner nor AV can get to it there ... you have to delete your restore points and turn it off to do full scans to fully rid yourself of scumware.

I've read about that tactic, but wouldn't the System Restore files not activate unless I do a restore? In other words, if they reside there, logically the only time they would attack is if they are triggered for a restore, no?
In anycase, I'll see if his system is any worse since last week. If it is, I'll have Windows clean all restore points except the last.

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Last point ... seems to me (and I monitor security websites and forums daily), that the tide has turned in the virus v spyware war ... seems that viruses are less a threat and spyware is becoming much more of a problem

Oh yeah man I agree. I say it often to my customers at Staples, to give them an idea how bad it is these days. Truly, viruses have less importance. Worse though is Spyware is simply ANNOYING. Your data is almost always kept, but they bug the living crap outta you. I sure wish to just punch the assholes who made them.

Anyways, thanks for the info. I'll hit you up if I need anything specific.

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Reply to eden

Reminds me of a sign I saw in resteruant in Can Cun... It said: Special Of The Day, Somtimes.... I asked the waiter what the Special Of The Day was & he said: It's not Sometimes, today!!!! lmao

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Reply to RCPilot

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I've read about that tactic, but wouldn't the System Restore files not activate unless I do a restore? In other words, if they reside there, logically the only time they would attack is if they are triggered for a restore, no?

wrong ... if they are in system restore ... they reload every boot ... this is what I can't get thru the heads of u security n00b ... [u had that comming]

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1965.

Reply to Jake_Barnes

But why would they reload within System Restore files? It's rather weird.

Also I think Avast was able to clean up the nasty ones because it probably had full access during boot-up. That's probably the same thing that happens when CHKDSK asks for a boot-time check due to the drive being locked.

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this is what I can't get thru the heads of u security n00b ... [u had that comming]

Meanie!

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Reply to eden

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