[ Thanks to Peter Parker for this
link. ]
“What security features make using the Konqueror browser
safer than Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)?“Brickner: Using Konqueror, you have an almost
nonexistent chance of having your machine infected with spyware,
malware or a virus.“First off, as many people point out, most exploits are written
to take advantage of security holes in IE, not Konqueror or
Firefox. Secondly, Konqueror doesn’t run ActiveX controls, a
Windows only feature, which is the mechanism many exploits use to
gain access to your machine…”
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