Yikes, all you have to do is browse to the affected page. Glad I have Firefox!
Firefox tops IE on security. Update IE early and often. Make sure you lock IE down or simply disable it and use Firefox. But be aware that Firefox still has some limitations.
IE is swiss Cheese!!
The number of security holes that occur isn't as telling as how they're handled.
Here is the skinny. FireFox actually has more security issues
than Internet Explorer, but the thing is that it usually takes
Microsoft weeks to fix security issues. This gives malicious code
writer PLENTY of time to create and distribute something juicy.
Now here is another thing about Microsoft (and CISCO) they lie and
cover up some of the security flaws. This is probalby because of
reputation and shareholder protection or who knows what other
beauracracy and formalities.. but FireFox is very fast.
I was at Defcon 11 and I recall some Gray Hats found a few flaws in
Microsoft products (serious ones… nothing new about that). They attempted to submit these
flaws to Microsoft and other companies and were completely
ignored. Sometimes it seems giant corporations can only put out
fires instead of prevent them.
Here is an example of how slow the Microsoft people are on security —> 6 Month old exploit.
IE 6.0 and below suck. Honestly, it is updated a few times every other
month with SERIOUS security issues. Those security issues are
constantly exploited by spyware and spam. It really is ridiculous
how much business Microsoft has given to spammers.
Switching to FireFox, or Opera
FireFox is the Shiznit!
CLEAN IE, DOWN AND DIRTY:
This should clean your system unless you have some very special Trojans
or RootKits on your system. If the problem is really bad you can
always back up your important data and reload Windows from scratch.
The problem lies in the way Microsoft has implemented a JavaScript
component in its Web browser, security researcher Amit Klein wrote in a
research document. Internet Explorer does not validate some data fields
provided by a PC when the component, called XmlHttpRequest, is used, he
wrote.
This affects IE 6 (even with Window XP SP2). It can be thwarted by setting the security to “High.”
This just another example of how bad IE is and how vulnerable our
browser can be. Once again I recommend switching to Firefox.
Lets hope and pray that IE 7 is not as flawed as all previous versions of Internet Explorer.
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Windows Vista is the next version of the Windows operatings system.
I must admit, Microsoft has evolved greatly from one operation system
to the next from a security and functional perspective. Many
geeks complain about Windows and say that Linux is way better or that
the HATE Microsoft and Bill Gates (the Anti Christ), but 98% of those
geeks use Windows and many of those use it as their main box.
I like Windows 2000 on up. Sure there are issues but I can't use
a Linux box to play Age of Empires (or at least I don't think you can).
I love Linux but many times when I come home from work I just don't
feel like messing around with a computer for anything except
entertainment. I use my *nix OSes for testing, trouble shooting,
hacking and pentesting. My biggest issue with Windows (besides
Microsoft) is Internet Explorer… I really don't use it so I guess its
not that big of an issue. Hopefully, IE7 will be as good as
Firefox.