Author Topic: IE Flaw  (Read 1713 times)

Cameron

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IE Flaw
« on: December 19, 2008, 03:55:47 AM »
http://cbs3.com/topstories/microsoft.internet.explorer.2.889246.html

And its all versions of IE as well apparently.  I was surprised.

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Re: IE Flaw
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2008, 05:09:51 AM »
Microsoft went as far as to say that they suggest using a "different" browser until theirs is patched.

This is a baddie. Be careful if you use it.

Rick

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Re: IE Flaw
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2008, 05:25:09 PM »
Finally a reason to get Firefox! =]

Cameron

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Re: IE Flaw
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2008, 08:03:54 PM »
Finally a reason to get Firefox! =]
Mhm.  I havn't used IE for about 4 years, except on the Microsoft update site.

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Re: IE Flaw
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2009, 09:17:23 PM »
FIREFOX FTW only use ie for msn hotmail cause more convinenent.  :D

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Re: IE Flaw
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2009, 02:02:41 PM »
Some security reports for whatever it's worth:

IE: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12366
Firefox: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19089
Opera: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/10615
Safari: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/17989
Konqueror: http://secunia.com/advisories/product/3166

FIREFOX FTW only use ie for msn hotmail cause more convinenent.  :D
Firefox has an add on to embed IE into a Firefox tab for such things as Hotmail. Comes in handy if you do not want to use IE at all.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

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Re: IE Flaw
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2009, 08:19:30 AM »
hotmail is fine in FF anyway -_-