MS warns of major IE flaw - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 17th Dec 2008, 13:02

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/12...ajor-ie-flaw/1

Microsoft has released a security bulletin detailing a major security hole in all versions of Internet Explorer, which allows for remote code execution - and there's no fix as yet.

landi_uk · 17th Dec 2008, 13:15

A bit late with the news MS have already announced that a patch is released tonight

bowman · 17th Dec 2008, 13:39

..people use IE? Christ people, time to switch. It's not like this is the first or last major security flaw.

Gareth Halfacree · 17th Dec 2008, 13:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by landi_uk

A bit late with the news MS have already announced that a patch is released tonight

Aye - that article was written last night, before the patch was announced.

airchie · 17th Dec 2008, 14:43

Typo

Quote:

If you're still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer ~~are~~as your primary web browser,

And as has been said, why oh why would anyone use IE??
Firefox and/or Opera are surely the way forward??

phuzz · 17th Dec 2008, 14:59

Some of the web admin pages I use at work will only work with IE, and Exchange web access only works properly with IE, so I have to keep it on my system. (there is one bit of Cisco software that somehow uses IE to download it's installer and will fail if you have any version of IE except 6. This is a PITA)

StephenK · 17th Dec 2008, 15:05

True but IE would be popular with a lot of folks as 'the one they have on their machines'. These people are also usually more vulnerable to these dangers as they are often less net savy

Goty · 17th Dec 2008, 15:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by phuzz

Some of the web admin pages I use at work will only work with IE, and Exchange web access only works properly with IE, so I have to keep it on my system. (there is one bit of Cisco software that somehow uses IE to download it's installer and will fail if you have any version of IE except 6. This is a PITA)

I use exchange all the time with Firefox all the time with no issues.

*shrugs*

Bauul · 17th Dec 2008, 15:28

I like IE... I honestly do. It all makes sense to me. Everything else is different and therefor scary and uncomfortable. Plus Firefox is ugly.

These are my actual reasons believe it or not.

BioSniper · 17th Dec 2008, 15:42

I am forced to use IE at work. Something to do with being an MS partner apparently.

Nexxo · 17th Dec 2008, 16:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by airchie

Typo

Quote:

If you're still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer ~~are~~as your primary web browser,

And as has been said, why oh why would anyone use IE??
Firefox and/or Opera are surely the way forward??

Opera, yes, for its small footprint and speed. Firefox has great flexibility, but with great flexibility comes great bloat. It still does not display video streams fluently because of the resource hog it is.

DarkFear · 17th Dec 2008, 17:07

This might be a stupid question, but how would a username/password be obtained for a MMO?

Banking details I can understand since you'd be using IE to view the banking website but I’m not quite sure about the MMO thing.

I used to play WoW but have switched over to GuildWars/Last Chaos and these games use their own client for logging in etc. How would a username/password be obtained in this case?

I suppose this would only be a problem if you have to launch the game via IE but I’m not aware of any MMO’s that runs via IE (though that doesn’t mean there aren’t any).

Glider · 17th Dec 2008, 17:39

I think IE is nested inside Windows so closely that everthing accessing the networking stack gets IE code.

Lepermessiah · 17th Dec 2008, 19:57

IE works fine, FF was a lot better, not so much anymore. FF the last year has had more security alerts then IE.

flacowboy · 17th Dec 2008, 20:02

patch was released

Akava · 17th Dec 2008, 21:30

Just had a 5 MB update from Windows update for IE7 so I would say Flacowboy is correct.

samkiller42 · 17th Dec 2008, 21:41

I use IE7 daily, it's stable enough for my uses, and i don't get issues with it, plus, i know what i'm doing with it. Yes, i have firefox, but it's not as easy to fireup, 1 click for IE, 2 clicks for FF, 1 click wins for me.

Sam

frojoe · 17th Dec 2008, 22:08

why is it two clicks for you, its only one for me?

The Jambo · 17th Dec 2008, 22:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkFear

I suppose this would only be a problem if you have to launch the game via IE but I’m not aware of any MMO’s that runs via IE (though that doesn’t mean there aren’t any).

Runescape runs completely using the browser, along with many other free MMO's.

The_Beast · 17th Dec 2008, 23:00

I have to use IE at school and work but when I come home I like to cuddle up and browse with Firefox

17th Dec 2008, 13:02	#1
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17th Dec 2008, 13:15	#2
landi_uk Minimodder Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Luton, UK Posts: 24	A bit late with the news MS have already announced that a patch is released tonight

17th Dec 2008, 13:39	#3
bowman Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 249	..people use IE? Christ people, time to switch. It's not like this is the first or last major security flaw.

17th Dec 2008, 14:59	#6
phuzz Hypermodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 955	Some of the web admin pages I use at work will only work with IE, and Exchange web access only works properly with IE, so I have to keep it on my system. (there is one bit of Cisco software that somehow uses IE to download it's installer and will fail if you have any version of IE except 6. This is a PITA)

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