[1gynRat258]

Folks,

I am relatively new to this community. Also I am in the process of learning how to use PCs, I phones and I Pads. I have a Windows 7 operating system and I use Norton for my virus protection.

I accidentily used the Google Search Engine to access some websites rather than my Mozilla browser. Have I compromised my data. If so,
what should I do?

Thanks in advance

[LiveBrianD]

What do you mean? Did you use Google Chrome instead of Mozilla Firefox? Both are good, legit browsers.

[1gynRat258]

LiveBrianD

Excuse my being a newbie. When I use the Google search engine on my AOL screen, is that search engine also Google chrome. As I said before, I am green behind the ears so please have patience with me when I ask a basic question.

Thanks in advance.

[SpiritWind]

Hi :

Whenever I use the Google Search Engine, it is when I am using
my "Browser", which is Mozilla's Firefox. And to increase
your security when using this "browser", I highly recommend
you "add" its FREE "NoScript" AddOn.

[LiveBrianD]

SpiritWind, we don't need to confuse him more. Also, blocking all javascript by default breaks a lot of functions on websites. I definitely wouldn't recommend NoScript to a newbie for that exact reason.

Anyway, I don't quite get what you're saying.
Mozilla Firefox:


Google Chrome:


Google.com (the website):


Do you mean you used the google search box on the firefox homepage (1st image I put here), the search box in the top right of the firefox window (1st image), or the regular website (3rd image).

[1gynRat258]

SpiritWind, on 22 March 2012 - 07:41 PM, said:

Hi :

Whenever I use the Google Search Engine, it is when I am using
my "Browser", which is Mozilla's Firefox. And to increase
your security when using this "browser", I highly recommend
you "add" its FREE "NoScript" AddOn.

[1gynRat258]

LiveBrianD, on 22 March 2012 - 07:53 PM, said:

SpiritWind, we don't need to confuse him more. Also, blocking all javascript by default breaks a lot of functions on websites. I definitely wouldn't recommend NoScript to a newbie for that exact reason.

Anyway, I don't quite get what you're saying.
Mozilla Firefox:
Firefox.png

Google Chrome:
Chrome.png

Google.com (the website):
Google.com.png

Do you mean you used the google search box on the firefox homepage (1st image I put here), the search box in the top right of the firefox window (1st image), or the regular website (3rd image).

[1gynRat258]

Folks,

I am sorry for the last post I submitted. I am getting use to using the community software. In regards to LiveBrianD last post, I used the first configuration of Firefox with Google that he depicted in his post when I conducted the searches that I referred to in my first post.
I appreciate your patience with me.

[LiveBrianD]

What, the search box on the homepage? It's perfectly fine to use that, that's why they put it there.

[1gynRat258]

LiveBrianD, on 23 March 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

What, the search box on the homepage? It's perfectly fine to use that, that's why they put it there.

LiveBrianD,

Thanks for your help. I hope to increase my proficiency with PCs as time goes along.

[LiveBrianD]

We were all newbies once.