

I have found, however, that a really old profile can slow down FireFox (FF) and introduce kinky behavior. Follow Leo’s advice about uninstalling FireFox. Leo is absolutely right - go with FireFox 32-bit (now in version 18). (Transcript lightly edited for readability.) Like I said, I use Chrome all day long and I just don’t have a concern fromĪ privacy or a spying standpoint whatsoever. In my opinion if Firefox doesn’t work for you, I would be totally andĬompletely comfortable switching to Chrome or Internet Explorer. So ultimately, I would not have a problem with you reinstalling Firefox and Need to do to stay safe on the internet.” The things that we so commonly list as “the things you Make sure you’re practicing safe computing practices If anything it’s your system that tends to be prone to hacking –Īnd that’s really more in your control than anything else: Are they prone toĮvil hacking? Well… so is Firefox. In my opinion all three, like I said, are safe to use. They are spying on you no more, and no less, than Firefox is. You know, people have a very, very inflated sense of just how much spying is See if that makes any difference to yourĭo Chrome and IE spy on you. It might even be worthwhile, before uninstalling it, in spending a few Is possible that add-ons could be causing some of the issues you’re facing I’d also be very wary about adding any additional add-ons to the program. I’m willing to bet that that’s going to clear up a majority of the problems Even go so far as to use Revo Uninstaller to uninstallįirefox and all traces of Firefox. What I would have you do for Firefox, if you want to stick with it, isĬompletely remove it. The 32 bit versions of IE, Chrome and Firefox all installed on my machine and (including Internet Explorer, which is one that tends to come with a 64-bit The 32 bit versions of all of the browsers One issue that I want to be clear about is that you don’t need a 64-bitīrowser to run on Windows 64. Now, you’re having problems with Firefox. Three: Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox will work just fine. So my bottom line recommendation for browsers, these days, is any of the big Install and whether or not Firefox is safer than other browsers. In this excerpt from Answercast #88, I look at some problems in a Firefox
