Interesting article on Internet Explorer on the ZDNET announcements feeds... - GoFuckYourself.com

Adult-biz · 01-12-2005, 02:56 PM

A huge chunk of the members here are using alternate browsers but an interesting article anyway:

IE flaw threat hits the roof.

Three unpatched flaws in Internet Explorer now pose a higher danger, a security company warned, after code to exploit one of the issues was published to the Internet.

Secunia said Friday that it had raised its rating of the vulnerabilities in Microsoft's browser to "extremely critical," its highest rating. The flaws, which affect IE 6, could enable attackers to place and execute programs such as spyware and pornography dialers on victims' computers without their knowledge, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.

Full article here for those interested... http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5....e550#talkback

sixxxthsense · 01-12-2005, 02:58 PM

this is news about IE???

damn we all know this shit!

NEXTT!!

groark · 01-12-2005, 03:01 PM

Surfing with IE is risky anyways.. Just because of active-x... And then there are tons of other reasons..

Adult-biz · 01-12-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sixxxthsense

this is news about IE???

damn we all know this shit!

NEXTT!!

Not new news agreed but the fact is that as each week goes by more and more exploits are being reported in IE.

Could Firefox seriously take over as the internet browser?

HorseShit · 01-12-2005, 04:52 PM

no one should be using IE at this point

01-12-2005, 02:56 PM	#1
Adult-biz Service Provider Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,139	Interesting article on Internet Explorer on the ZDNET announcements feeds... A huge chunk of the members here are using alternate browsers but an interesting article anyway: IE flaw threat hits the roof. Three unpatched flaws in Internet Explorer now pose a higher danger, a security company warned, after code to exploit one of the issues was published to the Internet. Secunia said Friday that it had raised its rating of the vulnerabilities in Microsoft's browser to "extremely critical," its highest rating. The flaws, which affect IE 6, could enable attackers to place and execute programs such as spyware and pornography dialers on victims' computers without their knowledge, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer. Full article here for those interested... http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5....e550#talkback

01-12-2005, 02:58 PM	#2
sixxxthsense Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,421	this is news about IE??? damn we all know this shit! NEXTT!!

01-12-2005, 03:01 PM	#3
groark So Fucking Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 1,966	Surfing with IE is risky anyways.. Just because of active-x... And then there are tons of other reasons..

01-12-2005, 04:52 PM	#5
HorseShit Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,513	no one should be using IE at this point