Notes: IE isn’t horrible (in fact, version 9 has made a few improvements), but it always seems behind the times compared to every other browser in existence. Superior Alternative(s): Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera
If you really don’t like MSE, though, you have a few other solid options.] MSE is lightweight, good at catching viruses and does all of its work in the background without bugging you. Notes: Ever since Microsoft Security Essentials came out, you hasn’t had much of a reason to use anything else. Superior Alternative(s): Microsoft Security Essentials
This has the added advantage of loading HTML5 on some sites, like YouTube, when using Flashblock would just block the original Flash instead of serving the new HTML5 content.Īpplication to Avoid: Norton, McAfee and other premium Antivirus suites Alternatively, you can uninstall the Flash plugin entirely and use Chrome’s self-contained version when you need it. The best solution is to install something like Flashblock, available for both Chrome and Firefox, which will let you load Flash only when you need it.
HTML5 is slowly replacing it in some cases, but a lot of sites still require Flash. Notes: It’s pretty hard to go without Flash these days. Indictment: Slows your computer, causes frequent browser crashes, hogs resources, drains battery, makes laptops heat up and much more.
