Mozilla: Can I still keep IE and outlook? Or still vulnerable to viruses?

I wanted to switch to Mozilla. I would like to still keep my outlook,
IE, and outlook express. If I do that am I still vulnerable to security
problems in IE or only when I use it. Or do I need to totally uninstall
those programs? tx

 

You can't totally uninstall IE, and vulnerabilities are
only vulnerabilities when the software is being used.

One think I notice, is that your version of Outlook
Express is WAY out of date:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000

I suspect that your IE and possibly even operating
system is similarly 'unpatched'. You should visit Windows
Update and also install the cumulative patches for
IE and OE, then you should be safe from (known)
vulnerabilities.

Windows Update
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

Cumulative updates:

Internet Explorer
July 2004 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (867801)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-025.mspx

Outlook Express (1)
July 2004, Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express (823353)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-018.mspx


(1) will bring your OE up to version:
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437

 

I tried these download but could not find one for win 2k pro. The page
you listed has xp but not win 2k.
Microsoft web site very confusion, when trying to find something.
As far as I know I don't have servise pack 1 for ms outlook or ie 6.

 

It is there, on the page, in black and white:

"Affected Software:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 2000
Service Pack 3, Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4"

If you don't have Service Pack 1 for OE/IE then download
the correct package. Try reading the pages again.

 

I tried " Microsoft Outlook Express 6: Download the Update" but it gives me
a message that it is only for xp.

then I tried "Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Service Pack 1: Download the
Update"
but It tells me that I don't have service pack 1 installed yet. So by
the looks of it, the only
way to get the update is by getting windows service packs. That the very
thing I did not
want to do.

 

And you are complaining about security vulnerabilities?
Sheesh!


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They're not mutally exclusive. Mozilla wont care if you have IE. IE
shouldnt care you have Mozilla. Installing Mozilla doesnt make IE more
secure.

Personally, I dont use mozilla to be more secure. I just use mozilla
because I like mozilla more than IE (when I use windows). Mozilla has
a nice popup blocker built right in. Blocking popups in IE is alot
more work. (for me atleast)