old guy wrote:
I have heard that firefox is loaded with malware so do I have to do any thing to protect my computer? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
I have never heard that Firefox is loaded with MalWare..What happens is that they have s sponsor who bundles their crapware with Firefox when you download it (unless you override the defaults) Firefox itself is not full of malware.
I run what I call Onion level security (Layer upon layer upon layer) and not one of those layers finds anything wrong with Firefox.
I like the guy who said Google is full of mal-ware but chrome is ok.. Uh,, Chrome is google's browser.
I found Chrome to be a pain in the operating system's exhaust port.
(You will likely understand that statement in about 2 hours.. and when you do.. You will laugh).
By the way.. For Chris.. Google is not full of mal-ware.. Likely one of the cleanest sites on the net,, they have some very good security folks (I knwo some of them). BUT the links... (Those are not on Google) The LINKS often are malware,, Epically if you are using the most popular search terms.
Like a friend of mine did.. He used the single most popular search word and after watching the naughty ladies... he was infected.