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Do not use IE. 31 unpatched security flaws

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Can't belive this shit

31 known flaws that Microsoft hasen't bothered to patch...

Stop using IE for anything exept getting patches from windowsupdate.

Anything is safer than IE!
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:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Not much of a surprise really, that IE has security flaws, but reading that list was still a bit of a shocker, there had to be at least a dozen flaws that allowed arbitrary command execution....

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Ugh. I only use IE for certain IE-only websites now.
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phongn wrote:Ugh. I only use IE for certain IE-only websites now.
Can you set a 'General.Useragent.Override -=> String Value -=> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows XP) Opera 6.0 [en]' in your about:config to defeat even those? :) I believe they only check your useragent string to determine if you're using IE or are one of us Enlightened Ones.

BTW is the ByteVerify Sploit anywhere on there? I've seen spyware installed through it...
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btw, if its not there you can add it by typing "about:config" and then right-click and select "Add", select "String" and go from there. (I actually had no idea that was there until I read this thread. :D)
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Vertigo1 wrote:btw, if its not there you can add it by typing "about:config" and then right-click and select "Add", select "String" and go from there. (I actually had no idea that was there until I read this thread. :D)
Hehehe W3 AR3 T3H 31337 H4x0Rz!!!1 .|.. Fuck J00 Micro$oft! ..|.

And I'll bet M$ will decide by fiat (or a nice million-dollar payoff by Gator and $avenow) to not patch the holes...
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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
phongn wrote:Ugh. I only use IE for certain IE-only websites now.
Can you set a 'General.Useragent.Override -=> String Value -=> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows XP) Opera 6.0 [en]' in your about:config to defeat even those? :) I believe they only check your useragent string to determine if you're using IE or are one of us Enlightened Ones.
Certain websites won't properly render in Mozilla Firebird or they utilize ActiveX for some function or another.
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
Vertigo1 wrote:btw, if its not there you can add it by typing "about:config" and then right-click and select "Add", select "String" and go from there. (I actually had no idea that was there until I read this thread. :D)
Hehehe W3 AR3 T3H 31337 H4x0Rz!!!1 .|.. Fuck J00 Micro$oft! ..|.

And I'll bet M$ will decide by fiat (or a nice million-dollar payoff by Gator and $avenow) to not patch the holes...
Enough with the inane spam.
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My useragent is Notepad 1.0.0.1 on the C64...

Firebird is sorta fun :)

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Post by greenmm »

Well, since I only use IE:

-- for stuff I don't want my wife to see
-- have ActiveX disabled completely
-- have file-sharing and printer-sharing completely turned off
-- avoid downloading plug-ins if I can help it

and I never use IE for any credit card transactions (which are what, maybe 2 in the past 5 years online?), I figure I'm reasonably safe with IE.
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