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Serious security flaw found in IE
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:54 am
by Tsavong
BBC News wrote:Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm
Just thought ide post it here as it was being talked about on the radio this morning
Re: Serious security flaw found in IE
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:28 pm
by Mops
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[Cogitator error 101: wat?]
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People use IE?
Re: Serious security flaw found in IE
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:36 pm
by Alkapwn
Here's the fix
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
MS stinks! Long Live Tux!
Re: Serious security flaw found in IE
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:25 am
by Tsavong
haha.
anyway im sure if firefox was as used as IE it would suffer as well
Re: Serious security flaw found in IE
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:14 pm
by LinuxPup
Running IE7 or IE8 in Vista with Protected Mode on should keep you safe... even if your browser is exploited, the browser doesn't have permissions to do anything harmful anyway. Vista's security trumps XP's in many ways.
Re: Serious security flaw found in IE
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:50 pm
by Amoenotep
lol...says the "sellout"
