Re: AVANT browser

From: SteveB (sbrads_at_nildramDOTcoDOTuk)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 18:08:33 -0000

I use Firefox in preference to Avant which I used for about a year with no
problems. Avant is nice to use and has built in ad and popup blocking
options plus an easy quick way of turning off ActiveX and scripts so it's
miles better than IE.

"Michael J. Pelletier" <mjpelletier@mjpelletier.com> wrote in message
news:sriMd.17961$0u.4673@fed1read04...
> winged wrote:
>
>> I have been looking at various browsers. I was looking at secunia
>> looking at the various browsers and their history of exploits and
>> current patch levels/fixes.
>> http://secunia.com/product/4108/
>>
>> One of the browsers I was looking at was the AVANT browser which appears
>> to be built on top of the IE core.
>>
>> Does this browser have all of the exploits of IE? Their stats for AVANT
>> indicate the only known vulnerability has been page spoofing for the
>> last 2 major version changes. I find this very hard to believe when it
>> rides on top of IE.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Winged
>
> I guess the question is how much of the "core" of IE did they incorporate
> into their product. Really when you think about it, I could say the core
> is
> everything except the damn graphical buttons. How clear are they about the
> term "core"?
>
> On a personal note, I am not a windows user. However, when I am forced to
> use windows I use firefox. I stay the hell away from IE....but that is
> just
> me.
>
> Michael

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