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**Kong** · 11-03-2012, 12:55 PM

If you have Windows Vista, Win 7 or later then IE is very safe as long as you are even just mildly internet savvy. By Internet savvy I mean you don't see a huge warning and click dismiss without thinking about it.

Under default settings on Vista or higher IE is probably the safest browser.

Currently ArcadeOX works best with IE. This will not always be true.

IMO the biggest difference between IE and Firefox is IE is a CPU hog which causes your computer fan to run harder and longer. Firefox is a memory hog. Both can cause other programs to temporarily slow down in certain but different scenarios.

I use Firefox.

11-03-2012, 12:55 PM	#7
Donor Administrator 12,331 posts View Stats	Kong Re: Is Microsoft's Internet Explorer safe to use? If you have Windows Vista, Win 7 or later then IE is very safe as long as you are even just mildly internet savvy. By Internet savvy I mean you don't see a huge warning and click dismiss without thinking about it. Under default settings on Vista or higher IE is probably the safest browser. Currently ArcadeOX works best with IE. This will not always be true. IMO the biggest difference between IE and Firefox is IE is a CPU hog which causes your computer fan to run harder and longer. Firefox is a memory hog. Both can cause other programs to temporarily slow down in certain but different scenarios. I use Firefox.
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