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Offline Localonthe8s

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Major Internet Explorer Flaw
« on: December 16, 2008, 05:51:00 PM »
IE is vulnerable from a security flaw. Criminals and hackers could take over people's computers and hack into their PC by stealing passwords. It mainly works from Gaming sites and those that are Chinese. Microsoft urged their IE users to use another Browser like Firefox or SeaMonkey until the flaw has been fixed. Nice job Microsoft, yet another reason to avoid IE. (Besides frequent crashing and slow speeds) :rolleyes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081215/ap_on_hi_te/tec_internet_explorer_security
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Re: Major Internet Explorer Flaw
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 06:05:05 PM »
This is nothing new. Internet Explorer has always had the worst security of all the Internet browsers.
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Re: Major Internet Explorer Flaw
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2008, 06:12:15 PM »
I know this has been reported in the past but this case seems serious to me, or its just me.
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Re: Major Internet Explorer Flaw
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008, 07:11:33 PM »
It's just you. No different than any of the million and one other security flaws they've found in IE over the years.
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Re: Major Internet Explorer Flaw
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2008, 03:24:36 PM »
I don't like SeaMonkey. If you don't like IE or Firefox use Opera. You'll have a much better experience.
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Re: Major Internet Explorer Flaw
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2008, 06:44:20 PM »
IE has been flawed ever since
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