Tired of Spyware On Your PC?

If you are a Microsoft Windows ® user, chances are, you have been plagued with spyware - most likely more than once. Spyware is normally "transmitted" and caught via the World Wide Web - from those annoying pop-up ads we all abhor so dearly, as well as from sites we just didn't intend to land on when searching the 'net.

Most folks aren't aware they are not forced to use the default web browser shipped with Windows - Internet Explorer ®. Microsoft makes it easy to get on the 'net by integrating the browser right into Windows. Nice, isn't it? Not really. Internet Explorer is infamous to many for it's slew of known security vulnerabilities - some of which let spyware literally take over your PC? Well, what can you do?

There is another web browser - one that I like to call "The Better Browser". It's called Firefox. One of the most attractive features of Firefox - it's free. Yes - FREE. It does not cost you a single penny. Secondly, it has the most incredibly powerful pop-up and spyware-blocking facilities one could wish for. As a matter of fact - the moment you install Firefox, it automatically denies pop-ups and spyware right off the bat.

"Sounds fantastic! How can it be free, though? What's the catch"?, you ask. Firefox is free because there isn't a gargantuan monopolistic company driving the product. Firefox was/is created by normal everyday people on a volunteer basis who know how to program. They want freedom of choice in web browsers, spyware/pop-up blocking out of the box, and simply, a "better browser". They also want to share this amazing creation with the rest of the world. These folks aren't paid a single penny to create Firefox, and you aren't charged a penny to use it. Everyone wins.

Forbes magazine claims Firefox is "Better than Internet Explorer by leaps and bounds." I concur with that statement - and many other folks agree that Firefox is a true gem by helping make web browsing truly pleasurable. If you are sick and tired of spyware, pop-ups, other garbage you come across on the 'net, and need a change, download and install Firefox - it's incredibly simple and fun to make the switch!

About the author:
Chip Cuccio has been in the professional computer and systems industry for more than twelve years. He served as a two-term Vice President of the Northfield Linux Users' Group (NORLUG), a local computer club. Chip is currently serving NORLUG as the lead webmaster and systems engineer.