Critical security hole in Internet Explorer

[kgun]

Read the original article: Critical security hole in Internet Explorer
(http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=us&lp=de_en&trurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsi.bund.de%2Fcln_183%2FCo ntentBSI%2Fpresse%2FPressemitteilungen%2FSicherhei tsluecke_IE_150110.html)
My own question: Why is this security hole more critical than those that are constantly discovered in web browsers.

Some of you know my personal opionion on this subject:

http://www.webproworld.com/internet-security-discussion-forum/84600-browser-shopping-online-3.html#post438949

It depends on what the webbrowser is used to. I still use IE 6 to some very specific tasks.

Related: Stop Using Internet Explorer Warns German Government (http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2010/01/18/german-government-stop-using-ie/)

[simonm]

My guess is that, yes, it is more media hype than any greater risk than we have seen before.

In this case the malicious code has been more openly published online which means even more people will be playing with the code.

[kgun]

My guess is that, yes, it is more media hype than any greater risk than we have seen before.

In this case the malicious code has been more openly published online which means even more people will be playing with the code.
You may be correct and here is more:

BBC News - France joins Germany warning against Internet Explorer (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8465038.stm)

"Seems like there's the potential for other country's to join in ..... it's almost as if some countries e.g. France , Germany and China ETC can have a big PR influence over users. I wonder if they are being fed by competitors and vv to achieve strategic outcomes out of these incidents".

German Government Warns Users Find An Alternative To Internet Explorer (http://www.webmasterworld.com/html/4062363.htm)

Easy to shoot on American companies / solutions when they can not come up with better products themself and I am sure most of them have not even heard of the Opera browser (http://www.opera.com/). In addition I think many of them are not very critical to how they use third parties plugins and toolbars.

Related WPW thread: http://www.webproworld.com/internet-industry/86142-opera-uniting-web.html#post445539

[z28com]

I hate to say, "I told you so", but this is why I got so tired of Microsoft's problems and bought a cheap Mac Mini. I've yet to have to reformat this thing. I never get viruses, trojans, Malware or any of that stuff anymore, but I am always have to fix other people's computers who run Windows who have these issues. So far I've converted 4 people to buy Mac's and every single one of them are happy... BIG TIME. One of my friends were so happy that he bought 3 Mac's.

For $600 bucks you can end these Microsoft headaches. I tried Vista and Windows 7 and both of those things are garbage to me.

All of those people I've set up with Mac's, I no longer have to do housecalls anymore to fix all of their problems. This has saved me countless hours of work.

I know people get tired of the Windows bashing, but all of it is true. I have a Dell sitting here next to me that is nothing but a nightmare every time my wife downloads some messed up file that screws up the machine.

I can browse any web site, no matter how bad it is and never worry about some crazy infection that Windows users get. The Mac runs on OS X which is a graphical interface using BSD Linux. That's why it's so rock solid. You plug a printer in and it just works. No drivers or anything to install. I could go on and on about how much stress has gone out of my life after buying one of these. I can't rave enough about it. And look, there's no affiliate link in my post, so I don't make a penny if you buy one.

There you go. (http://www.apple.com/macmini/) Go on-line and get it or go to an Apple Store.

[kgun]

I have never used a Mac, but bougt one to my Daughter. She and my son (that tries it when he is on a holiday) complain that they miss the right mouse button and as far as I understand them, it is a relatively big issue.

And I have read that Safari is not more secure than any other standard web browser. This thread is web browser related.


She says that she has not had virus and malvare infections on her computer so long.
My son says the same about his Vista ultimate computer, but he uses the Opera Web Browser.

P.S.
I have heard that there are ways to simulate the Windows Pc's right mouse button on a Mac, but it is far from ideal.

[danlefree]

... and guess what...

Microsoft's "Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant" enables the same type of behavior for FireFox (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/05/microsoft_update_quietly_insta.html) (great fun, huh?)

The supposed add-on installs silently with Windows Update and it's a bit tricky to remove (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707).

[z28com]

I have never used a Mac, but bougt one to my Daughter. She and my son (that tries it when he is on a holiday) complain that they miss the right mouse button and as far as I understand them, it is a relatively big issue.

And I have read that Safari is not more secure than any other standard web browser. This thread is web browser related.


She says that she has not had virus and malvare infections on her computer so long.
My son says the same about his Vista ultimate computer, but he uses the Opera Web Browser.

P.S.
I have heard that there are ways to simulate the Windows Pc's right mouse button on a Mac, but it is far from ideal.

I don't use Safari and I right-click all the time. You have to go into the preferences and enable the right-click to work.

The browser headaches Microsoft has is why I switched to the Mac and I wish everyone else would do the same.