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> OT: IE flawed? NO!, you don't say, important security info
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post Jul 2 2004, 09:49 AM
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http://www.internetnews.com/security/artic...cle.php/3374931

I switched over to firefox and changed all my passwords... damn M$ !!!
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And apparently, it's JavaScript running on an IIS server that exploits and infects users visiting the site with IE. So while it may be JavaScript code, it specifically exploits IIS (MS product) and IE (MS product).

Did I get all of this straight? Lotta techie reading for Friday evening.
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tat2dphreak   OT: IE flawed? NO!, you don't say   Jul 2 2004, 09:49 AM
ArtechnikA   i switched all the computers behind my firewall to...   Jul 2 2004, 09:55 AM
WoMBaT   Just switched to FireFox 0.9.1..already like it be...   Jul 2 2004, 12:51 PM
dinomium   Too bad this latest hack is a JAVA flaw. sooooo it...   Jul 2 2004, 12:56 PM
Gint  
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Part Pricer   You didn't miss anything. It's not a Java ...   Jul 2 2004, 04:53 PM
Gint   And apparently, it's JavaScript running on an ...   Jul 2 2004, 04:58 PM
SirAndy  
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Gint   This is what I read (seems to support what you...   Jul 2 2004, 06:00 PM
morgan   I run a Mac dont know these things!!!...   Jul 2 2004, 07:20 PM
SirAndy     Jul 2 2004, 08:12 PM
Andyrew  
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skline   Why do you think Macs are a POS? I have one I use ...   Jul 2 2004, 10:53 PM
Andyrew   Well, Macs take the fun out of a pc.. A pc you can...   Jul 2 2004, 10:58 PM
SirAndy     Jul 2 2004, 11:25 PM
morgan   I have both, just like the Mac because there is no...   Jul 3 2004, 09:17 AM
Lawrence   Geez... I had no idea that Mozilla was Netscrape i...   Jul 4 2004, 04:21 AM
Part Pricer   I know that I recommended that you look at using a...   Jul 9 2004, 06:28 AM
cnavarro   My Macintosh 128k (circa 1985) got a trojan horse ...   Jul 9 2004, 07:14 AM
newdeal2   If I have anti virus how important is adding a fir...   Jul 9 2004, 07:20 AM
Powaqqatsi   Thank god I own a Mac. I would not even consider a...   Jul 9 2004, 07:28 AM
Part Pricer   <...   Jul 9 2004, 08:08 AM
SirAndy     Jul 9 2004, 02:52 PM
fiid   mmmmmmm. Macintosh. OSX has a firewall built in....   Jul 9 2004, 07:04 PM
fiid     Jul 9 2004, 07:08 PM
ArtechnikA  
  Jul 9 2004, 07:11 PM
fiid   Well- for windows apps, clearly windows would be ...   Jul 9 2004, 07:22 PM
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