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[Pu7o]

Netscape 8.1 seems to overall be a lot faster than 8.0 was. This one actually seems to be useful unlike the dog-slow unstable thing that Netscape 8.0 was

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

[James]

So back to my original question.

Does anyone know what spyware engine they are using in their security center? Like I said, it took about ten minutes to scan my computer and I was curious since it behaved much like Sunbelt's spyware.

Thanks.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

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James
It's later than you think.

Firefox 3.5.3, IE 8

[Edward]

Any word on a Netscape browser for Linux and/or MacOS?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060124 SeaMonkey/1.5a

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xubuntu 9.10

[DJGM]

Having closely watched the installation progress, only to see it fail to install the new anti-spyware components,
as far I could tell, it seems to be based on PestPatrol. If anyone finds out otherwise, correct me if I'm wrong.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051219 SeaMonkey/1.0b

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[Ramona]

James,

This is from the install:

PestPatrol and Spywatch are both installed, but PestPatrol appears to be the Spyware program, as DJGM suggested.

I also noted that FlashPlayer was installed, along with AIM, and other Netscape nonsense, whether you want it or not!

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

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RAMONA
Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox Solutions

[James]

Thanks, DJGM and Ramona.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

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James
It's later than you think.

Firefox 3.5.3, IE 8

[Joji]

[James]

Well... so far I find myself both impressed and frustrated. Frustrated enough to return to Firefox which simply cannot be beaten (at least at this point). Why?

Here are a list of a few frustrations:

- I don't like the way it stores and keep cookies/passwords. When I go to my bookmarked pages, I don't want to have to fill and submit every time. I've clicked the box to remember me and I have all cookies enabled BUT I keep getting that blasted fill and submit option. It's an unnecessary step as far as I'm concerned. With Firefox (or Opera for that matter), I go directly to the page and am already signed in. That is what I want.

- I'm really fed up with the Yahoo "My Page" option as my Home Page. I've already personalized it. I've signed in and told the page to remember me. But what do I get each time I log on to my so-called Home Page? I get some blasted Yahoo Sign Up page... every time. This Netscape is not handling cookies the way I want.

- I don't like the way it does NOT hold its maximized position. Every time I open it up, edges of the desktop are showing. I've pulled them and then clicked on the max/min button to retain that setting, but it does not retain it with the consequence that when I log off and then back on, edges are showing once more and the screen is not fully maximized.

These are just a few initial gripes after a couple of hours messing around. Perhaps someone here knows the workarounds for these?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

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James
It's later than you think.

Firefox 3.5.3, IE 8

[J-M]

[J-M]

The Inquirer published today a coverage First Look type article about Netscape 8.1. They have some interesting details:

[DJGM]

A few noteworthy points in that article at The Inquirer . . .


First, apparently the anti-spyware component of Netscape 8.1, classes some legit apps as spyware:

[DiGravioandSons]

Modern Modoki 2.00 theme for Netscape 8.1 is out for download.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

[richard mitnick]

I was very happy with Netscape8.0.X and its many great features, like passcards, individual on-the-fly site security.

I switched to Seamonkey with IETab, and set it as my default.

Now, I try out Netscape 8.1, and it is painfully slow. I do not remember it being s-o-o slow. I have not changed my profile or anything else. I just installed it on top of 8.0.4.

Any advice?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1

[DiscoFever]

I like this version much better than the last one. but why is it that the AOL media wont work on a browser that is owned by them. I'm always prompted to upgrade the windows media player when I already have the latest version. It does load much faster than the Last version.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; en) Opera 8.51

[Fulvio]

Note that I kept the same profile information that I had before. I tried to get it going, and I found two disturbing things. Spyware protection and ID Theft Protection were not effective. I did a partial scan. I have about 150,000 files, and it took over 30 min. to do about 60.000. Interesting it said that: "Update delay too long". My Blackliist update was about 36 yrs.old (not kidding). But, after doing the partial scan it became updated, and ID Theft Protection was enabled. I can see that this thing will need a few swift kicks to work. As for loading faster, no way.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Netscape/8.1

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