Windows IE Security Bug!

Robert

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• Jan 11, 2005

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I don't usually post about these, but this one is a doozy and is yet to be patched by Microsoft. Plus I know lots of people surf DR1 with IE 6.

If your using IE 6, I suggest you either change browsers, FireFox is very good or look for the patch when it's released on their update service tomorrow (Wednesday).

Todays Article

If your a Mac user, don't worry, you know none of this ever effects you

 

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Chris

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• Jan 11, 2005

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A visitor from the US arrived yesterday and he could not have brought us better gifts - firefox coffee mugs, t-shirts and hats! So there!

 

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marliejaneca

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• Jan 12, 2005

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It should be added that it will only affect Windows XP users, not any earlier releases of Windows (ie: 2000, ME etc.)
Marlie

 

Hlywud

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www.beyondthebeach.ca

• Jan 12, 2005

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patches

2 new patches are now available

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp

 

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Ken

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• Jan 12, 2005

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Switch to Firefox. I've been using it as my default browser for many months and it just gets better and better.

 

Hlywud

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• Jan 12, 2005

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Browsers

I use Firefox as well as IE 6.0, some sites load better with IE, but not many.
I need the IE for sites that have java script loading options, fireofx doesnt recognize the files as well, they load but will not run as well.

 

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Ken

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• Jan 12, 2005

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Firefox has an extension that solves this problem, wud. Right click on the webpage, then left click on view as IE in the drop down menu. That puts the webpage in IE.