Mozilla Firefox vs Internet Explorer

Hey there dear lady: I used FIREFOX , and have for the last many years almost two years I think, anyway I love it, I hate IE, it got to the point where it just took forever and a day to do anything and I switched to firefox, I love it!! and I do feel its much safer!! Try it out , you'll love it too!!!

I am using linux which is known to be immune to virus attack and it works well with firefox. I think internet explorer has been the pioneer in the computer world and virus has learn its way to attack its software or anything. I am not a computer savvy and would not know much about why and curious to get more information from other responses to your post.

I have used Mozilla for a lomng time cats honey but lately had a lot of problems with the old one, had to do a total system restore (back to the very beginning) about 3 times and it was off to get fixed 3 times (they didn't manage to fix it so I eventually got a new one) but instead of setting up Mopzilla again each time I stuck with IE and I have to say that it is nowhere near as good as Mozilla and I couldn't wait to get back to Mozilla on the new laptop! lol I didn't realise that it was better at protecting from virus as well - that just makes it even more appealing to me than it was before! xxxx

That is not true. You are not protected from viruses in Mozilla Firefox. First of all viruses are solemnly something you have to download. Trojans and worms are a different story, BUT - Internet Explorer by some reason.. have this weird tendency to download things automatically and also automatically run them. Which is really, really annoying. And that's how you get unwanted viruses. Sure. But if you have a good firewall set up and a good AV system running you should be able to run IE with no problems. Maybe it also has something to do with how each of the browser store files, cache and cookies. I don't know. But generally neither of them are a safe browser. I just want to put that out there. I don't want people to think that FF will protect you against viruses, because it wont. It is faster and more stable than IE for sure. Also it can't run ActiveX controls which probably is another reason for IE penetration. But I am sure FF would run ActiveX if it could. There's not really anywhere to be safe online anymore, it's sad but true :(

yes i am also using firefox browser its really working good. its really safe and has wonderful additional options compared to internet explorer. we can have security options, remember username and passwords and many more...

I am with IE and I think it is great, but I havn't used firefox so I can't compare

Yes that is true Cats I have used Firefox and it's Add ons for 6 years now and it is certainly a lot better then IE Make sure you get the Add ons the Important once are No Script Wot and Adblock plus Wit No Script you control what Websites and other things you want to allow through and with WOT it tells you if a Site is dangerous and then leaves it up to you if you want to view it or not

I love firefox. Most of the time it works great, I'm used to it, I love how I can enlarge the screen, and I've been using it for years. Internet explorer has some new features now that there have been some upgrades it's gotten a bit better, but I still prefer Firefox. The only thing I don't like about Firefox is that it screws up with certain sites.

I used IE for a long time and then suddenly I had trouble going to a page because it had an important information box on it that would cover the normal information and then a little box would appear saying that the page would not open which it had but when I closed the little box, the whole page disappeared. So I got Firfox and it opened the page fine and I started using it even though there were several things I didn't like about it. Then it starting letting in all kinds of spyware, adware and viruses much worse than IE ever had, so I quit using it and uninstalled it. Then I went back to IE and the page I had had trouble with was no longer showing the information bax and the page would open fine. That page has had information boxes since then that cover up the page and I can close them and view the page just fine. So my experience with Firefox as far as keeping out viruses was not a good one.

We at the house use both I.E and firefox. The reason being is somethings don't work right on one or the other. I have known about firefox being better protection for years now but can't bring myself to go straight firefox only. Maybe one day I will.. But as of now I'm just going to visit the sites that I know are safe on I.E. and Use firefox when I need to .. While my other half uses firefox all the time and I.E. occassionally. LOL!!

Hey there! Thanks for that information that you gave. Although I rarely use Internet Explorer I have to be careful now because my computer can get hit by virus. I always use Firefox because it's a lot more faster than Internet Explorer. Videos and websites load faster than in Explorer I have to for half a minute or two. I know Firefox warns you when you go to a site that has potential viruses that can harm your computer. It shows a warning. Happy posting!

I use to use IE. But then I got tired of it freezing because I open alot of tabs. And plus on IE it takes a min. just to open a new tab. But then I downloaded firefox! It's so fast! And it almost never freezes.

partly true, and partly not true. Virus can break through Firefox protection too. Just be careful what you are browsing at, and what you are getting from. Sometimes, you much better have some external protection from the commercial softwarez, such as Norton or McCafee.

Maybe it's just by computer, but my Firefox browser has been crashing every 10 minutes or so for the last few days. IE never did that. My computer has had a very health record so far, maybe it also needs to visit "the shop"

mozilla firefox is much better browser than internet explorer. It speeds up the browsing and its security is more strong than Internet explorer. It can save a web page lightning fast than Internet explorer. On unexpected restart mozilla can remember all last visits and reopens all the previous windows which is better than history. Mozilla's intregated downloader is very fast compared to internet explorer's downloader and mozilla's downloader have pause button that internet explorer's downloader dont have. Internet explorer consumes more memory than mozilla firefox and the list will go on like this so I think mozilla is a 1000 times better browser than internet explorer.

I always use Firefox. When I first started using the computer I used IE but as you say it is chock full of crap that passes the popup blocker and full of viruses. Firefox is so much better for surfing and playing games and doing just about everything. I keep telling my family to download it and use it. But they think IE can do no wrong. lol Maybe after several days with trying to rid their computer of some virus they will listen to me. Have a great day.

CatsandDogs I think your information saying to use Firefox rather then Internet Explorer to be very good.I'm not exactly sure about if Firefox is much better to use then Internet Explorer regarding trying to stop virus' but it could well be as I heard about a big sercuity flaw that was in Internet Explorer(which I belive is now fixed with the correct version-update) and this flaw may of made it easieer to catch a virus in Internet Explorer. Also, this may not be a virus-issue that caused this, but seeing as almost each time I have used Internet Explorer in the version it is (one of the newest I think) it has crashed and stopted working, so I would certaintly favour Firefox if its better, I'm typing this using Internet Explorer, sometimes the over browser on here(Opera) dosn't work either and crashes-I think converting to Firefox may be a great idea!

using mozilla firefox is better, for it has frequent updates each time. it is stable and users has lots of freedom to do with it.

I only use firefox it has less backdoor for information to get thur to your computer, IE is just full of ways that can get to your computer it is sad.

i use internet explorer, since it was already pre-installed on my computer since i installed windows os.