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What's the best way to avoid browser hijacking and drive-by downloads? "First and
foremost simply, stop using Internet Explorer. If you use Mozilla browsers (Netscape
and Firefox) or Opera, you are immune to all known browser hijackers. You are
immune for two reasons. First, most people use Internet Explorer, so most malicious
code is custom built to exploit it. Second, Opera's and Mozilla's programmers take
security very seriously and have made these browsers very secure. It is not possible
to install software from a web site using these browsers without at least seeing a
prompt of some sort asking permission." This is the advice of most Internet security
sxperts.!"
181 Mike Helan, "Prevent Browser Hijacking," Spywarelnfo.com, 23 March 2004 (Updated 12 January
2005), (article no longer available).
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