Extremely critical IE6 SP2 flaws
p2pnet.net News:- Denmark’s Secunia says three holes in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6.0 running on XP Security Pack 2 (SP2) are extremely critical.
"Solution: Use another product," it suggests.
The vulnerabilities could be exploited by hackers to compromise a user’s system, conduct cross-site/zone scripting and bypass a security feature in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, warns Secunia.
Alternative workarounds?
"The vendor recommends that the ‘Drag and drop or copy and paste files’ option is disabled," and, "Set security level to high for the ‘Internet’ zone."
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extremely critical – Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Secunia, January 7, 2005
January 9th, 2005 at 7:33 pm
Well, bring on the security patches!!!!!!!
January 9th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
I use Mozilla Firefox. It’s a great alternative to Internet Explorer. It doesn’t have the flaws that IE does and has more features. It also goes faster than IE.
January 9th, 2005 at 8:52 pm
I switched to Firefox ( Loving it !) last night when I found out about all this. what made me act so quickly was that a couple of times this week my “HTML tools” helper popped up from nowhere when i was browsing. I have never seen this tool before in 20 years of surfing; I thought maybe it was because I was running into this hack the news is mentioning.
I really don’t understand why Microsoft is so obtuse about consumer confidence in their product. It seems to me that they should be including firewall, virus protection, spyware, adware protection programs and popup blockers in their Windows systems, or at the very least in their IE. I realize that in the early days of Windows these things weren’t that big of a deal, but now with all the online scams I read about they’re on everybody’s minds. Buying Windows or using IE these days is like buying a brand new car without a warranty IMO. Either spend a bunch more money just because you have Windows instead of any other operating system or you just have to accept that you are totally vulnerable and if something happens you’re on your own. I thought Bill Gates was smart enough to realize how essential consumer confidence can be in the marketplace, but apparently not.
January 9th, 2005 at 9:05 pm
Most definently, download Firefox, http://getfirefox.com its the best. No more worrying about IE messing up your computer.
January 9th, 2005 at 9:20 pm
Opera’s good too. I’ve been using it for years : )
Cheers!