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Fairly Important IE Patch
Posted: December 22, 2003, 2:53 am
by Xouqoa
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.
Posted: December 22, 2003, 11:37 am
by Phugg_Innay
Before going into IE and fixing it , what is the "nasty bug" (outside the normal ones) ? just curious
Posted: December 22, 2003, 11:51 am
by Zaelath
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..
Posted: December 22, 2003, 1:54 pm
by Animalor
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.
Posted: December 22, 2003, 1:59 pm
by Fash
best IE patch is...
use Firebird.
hi
Posted: December 22, 2003, 3:19 pm
by pyrella
mozilla sucks.
lynx4life!
Posted: December 22, 2003, 3:46 pm
by Xouqoa
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.
Posted: December 22, 2003, 4:14 pm
by murr
firebirdddd
Posted: December 22, 2003, 8:38 pm
by Janx
You should be shot if you still use IE. Mozilla >>>> IE
Posted: December 23, 2003, 11:36 am
by Siji
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)
Posted: December 23, 2003, 1:22 pm
by Fash
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.
Posted: December 23, 2003, 1:42 pm
by archeiron
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!)
Posted: December 23, 2003, 1:56 pm
by Sionistic
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.
Posted: December 23, 2003, 4:55 pm
by Arborealus
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...
Posted: December 24, 2003, 3:29 pm
by Xouqoa
Yep, that's exactly what the patch fixes.
Posted: December 24, 2003, 4:53 pm
by Zaelath
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