The Ubuntu Experiment

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/7/31 Steve C. Lamb <grey at dmiyu.org>:
>    To ensure that the average users on my home network don't get their
> machines hosed I have had to impress upon them that browsing throgh a
> squid/adzapper proxy is a good thing, weened them off of IE as much as
> possible, installed adblockplus...

How does adblockplus prevent virus infections? Does this apply to
browser exploits as well? Although I use Kubuntu (a relatively secure
OS), I am aware that Firefox can be compromised. Will adblockplus help
keep me safe?


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Dotan Cohen

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?