Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 18:19:46 06/26/04
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On June 26, 2004 at 19:08:54, Chris Taylor wrote: >This is a biggy. A real biggy! > > > >Microsoft are warning against using Internet Explorer until they create a >fix/patch for the latest flaw found in it!! > >Read this from the BBC:- > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3840101.stm > > > >and this from Microsoft:- > > > >http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/download_ject.mspx > > > >Almost unbelievable, – but I have been warning about something like this for >some time, especially in my last update where I recommended switching browser to >Mozilla Firefox. > > > >Its not known yet the full extent of what software levels are involved (XP and >2000 only though), as some sites indicate it only affects machines running a >process called IIS. Other sites indicate it to be a problem regardless of IIS, >and I hold to that view myself. > >Mozilla Firefox is very like Internet Explorer in many ways, but is safer as it >doesn’t allow the kind of problems that IE does. Heres where it can be >downloaded:- >http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ > >Its only 4.7Mb, so no excuse even if you’ve got dial-up still. > >Scary stuff. It does seem a very drastic announcement from Microsoft, which >means they must be taking this threat exteremly seriously. > >Im off now to sell my PC, and buy an abacus and a carrier pigeon. > >If you have any queries, or would like a helping hand with anything raised here, >please contact me. > >Alistair. > >Posted be Chris......... This is just one of many "Windows" reasons I am switching to Linux. Currently there are only two reasons I need to boot to Windows and that is to play Counter-Strike, and to video conference with my Grandfather. Currently my webcam does not have Linux support. If I could do both from within Linux I would not dual boot Windows anymore. Most of the exploits out right now are against IE. You don't even need to use IE to be affected.. bravo for integrating it into the OS :) 95% of the time now I am under Linux, and the learning curve has been great. I have fiddled with it in the past, but not to the extent I am now. I am now learning it so that it can be my main operating system. Peter
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