Fairly Important IE Patch

Post by **Xouqoa** » December 22, 2003, 2:53 am

http://security.openwares.org/

Might want to download that... fixes a potentially nasty bug in IE. It's not put out by Microsoft, but it seems to be a reputable site. I installed it with no problems and it fixes the issue.

Phugg_Innay · Post by **Phugg_Innay** » December 22, 2003, 11:37 am

Before going into IE and fixing it , what is the "nasty bug" (outside the normal ones) ? just curious

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » December 22, 2003, 11:51 am

It's basically just URL spoofing, so that you click on a fake link and it looks real in the address bar, also in the "hover" status bar at the bottom if done correctly.

You should never click a URL out of an email and give it the same trust as typing it in though..

*shrug* given the severity of the bug, I wouldn't be installing anyone's third party patches to IE just yet..

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » December 22, 2003, 1:54 pm

I would NEVER install someone else's patch but MS's for Windows or IE. You're just asking to have something bad installed on your system.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » December 22, 2003, 1:59 pm

best IE patch is...

use Firebird.

hi

Post by **pyrella** » December 22, 2003, 3:19 pm

mozilla sucks.

lynx4life!

Post by **Xouqoa** » December 22, 2003, 3:46 pm

Animalor wrote:I would NEVER install someone else's patch but MS's for Windows or IE. You're just asking to have something bad installed on your system.

It's open source.. not like they are trying to be sneaky.

murr · Post by **murr** » December 22, 2003, 4:14 pm

firebirdddd

Janx · Post by **Janx** » December 22, 2003, 8:38 pm

You should be shot if you still use IE. Mozilla >>>> IE

Siji · Post by **Siji** » December 23, 2003, 11:36 am

Janx wrote:You should be shot if you still use IE. Mozilla >>>> IE

Anything Nutscrape/Motsilly related is teh suck. (IE sucks too, but that goes w/o saying)

Fash · Post by **Fash** » December 23, 2003, 1:22 pm

the standard netscape and mozilla do suck teh ass....

but FIREBIRD is the best browser to date.

download the nightly build, install "All-in-One Mouse Gestures", and enjoy.

i browse circles around you.

archeiron · Post by **archeiron** » December 23, 2003, 1:42 pm

MyIE2

or another variation at

Avant Browser

Both of these applications sit on top of the IE engine and offer a tabbed browser interface. Avant has MDI control; MyIE2 has nice mouse gestures (which I

btw!)

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » December 23, 2003, 1:56 pm

I have used Opera and I have used IE, and I really dont see whats wrong with IE, I have never had problems with it (except when the language got changed but that was my fault) I dont see where all the hate comes from.

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » December 23, 2003, 4:55 pm

Heh just recieved and email from Earthlink regarding a billing issue referring me to:

https://www.earthlink.net@211.154.171.1 ... tep1_e.htm

hehehe bad exproiter! course the original email wasn't from earthlink.net but not a bad forgery...

Post by **Xouqoa** » December 24, 2003, 3:29 pm

Arborealus wrote:Heh just recieved and email from Earthlink regarding a billing issue referring me to:

https://www.earthlink.net@211.154.171.1 ... tep1_e.htm

hehehe bad exproiter! course the original email wasn't from earthlink.net but not a bad forgery...

Yep, that's exactly what the patch fixes.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » December 24, 2003, 4:53 pm

LOL greedy bastards want your earthlink account and password AND your CC number.

My favourite part, and a big part of why this exploit will only ever affect the most stupid people, is that the security box comes up with 3 out of 3 fails; Do you want to proceed? yes/no