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Internet Explorer security flaw affects Firefox

I was perusing Information Week as I often visit them due to the wealth of topics when I came across this. If you have both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox on your computer, you could be at risk for a URL flaw caused by Internet Explorer passing malicious scripting code to Firefox.

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Ok, so the great part about technology is the rapid advancement that it is known for. Just picture a few years ago there was Netscape 4, Internet Explorer 3 and they were going head to head in the browser wars. Ahh, that was the day. But moving to modern times, there is a multitude of browsers out for use, each with their own unique styles, users and methods of rendering web pages. Some of them do a great job, such as the Mozilla Firefox browser, Opera and even Internet Explorer 7 has improved by leaps and bounds. But this poses a unique problem to web developers and even users, without them knowing it.

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Computers are great?!

Ok, so your computer is getting a little older, and seems to be running slower. You’re not a computer expert (and I don’t claim to be either), however, you’re not sure what to do or what the cause is.

Recently, several friends have brought me their computers, and have had the same issue. So, I thought I would write about what I do to try to ‘restore’ them back to a better, more usable condition. I hope this helps, and it is in no means a complete or exhaustive listing of problems and their solutions.

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