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| Microsoft Security Flaw Puts 900 Million Internet Users At Risk - That's All? |
| 2011-02-01 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #4 FF it is, for the last couple years - I only use IE for my Office Web Outlook hookup, which if used in FF loses functions....gee, wonder why? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-02-01 20:42 |
| #3 Yeah, there are bugs all over the place and you gotta keep up with the patches. But I do a fair amount of web programming and IMHO, IE is a piece of crap. I'm absolutely certain that Microsoft puts a lot of crap into it on purpose just to make it incompatible with all of the other browsers. Hey, if that's the way they wanna play the game, then so be it. But I always recommend Firefox. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-02-01 16:12 |
| #2 The problem seems to be only in Internet Explorer. Microsoft has a page for IT people here. There is a link on this page to enable a temporary patch for the vulnerability there. Unfortunately it seems to lock down IE to the extent you can't do many rather ordinary things on websites. The same page also has a link to UNDO the fix if that becomes necessary. I expect a more comprehensive solution soon. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-01 15:17 |
| #1 Nothing surprising. With the complexities of modern software I'm surprised we have as few as we do. And that goes for all OS as well. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-02-01 14:41 |