Safe Surfing with Firefox 1.5 and 2

A practical guide to get around the web safely

As you can tell, we are a big fan of the Firefox browser.

In case you didn't know, it is

• Available for all major platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux)
• It supports all the latest web standards which allows dynamic, interactive websites like this one
• Has good features to help you stay safe from viruses, scams and malicious code while you surf the internet
• It is fast - you can even load more than one website at a time and swap between them (called tabbing)
• Has good support for plug-ins which allow you to view things like streaming video and music, documents, animations and games
• Is extendable using add-ons which allow people to add things to the browser to enable it to do more things or do some things better.
• It is well maintained which means if there is a security problem with it then it will be fixed fast and can be automatically downloaded to your computer to keep you up to date.
• It has won lots of awards from well-known computer magazines so you don't just have to take our word for it!