|i'm running windows 98
| mick
|
That's a given if you're posting here.

|explorer 6.
|
Nope.
EXPLORER.EXE == Windows Explorer == Explorer
IEXPLORE.EXE == Internet Explorer == MSIE, IE, M$IE, Internet Exploder

|I seem to get random screen freezes
|I'm sure it has something to do with active-x and java.
|
Using Internet Explorer to browse is the least safe, least stable way.
There are 3 browsers which are more secure and more stable
and are available for free:

Firefox is Mozilla's browser-only offering.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/#download

The Mozilla Seamonkey suite
also includes an email client[1]/ newsreader as well as an HTML editor.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/releases/

Opera become freeware in September 2005 (no on-screen ad frame any more).
http://www.opera.com/download/index.dml?platform=windows


2 years ago CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team)
--the computer security experts at the Department of Homeland Security--

said **STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER**.

"Because it came with Windoze"
is no reason to continue to use the #1 vector for infections (Internet Explorer)
for everyday browsing.
The more you use M$IE, the greater the chance it will become broken
and/or infect the rest of your system.
(You will still need it to go to Microsoft sites
and will have to get it fixed for that.)


When a Windoze system starts behaving strangely,
the 1st thing to do is scan it for infections:[2]
Dealing With Spyware & Parasites -- Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm



[1] This is a replacement for the #2 vector for system infection: Outlook Express.

[2] This is especially true if you use Internet Exploder as your day-to-day browser
and even more apt if you also use Outbreak Express.

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