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Another Serious MSIE Hole

Posted by timothy on from the why-my-dad-gets-no-tech-support dept.

pjrc writes "Infoworld is reporting another new security hole that allows links to executable files to appear to be any other type of file, such as text or pdf. When combined with a previously reported spoofing bug, that Microsoft still hasn't fixed, Infoworld claims the result could be 'devastating'"

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  1. DEVASTATING! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    the horror!

  2. Here it comes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Let's bash the shit out of MS. In fact, you can do that while installing the 35th sendmail patch this week. Or the 54th SSH. Or the... (etc etc)

    Whatever makes you feel less like an angry hate monger :)

  3. Re:If I had a dollar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am guessing that you don't have very many friends.

  4. Re:If I had a dollar by LinuxHam · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    *ahem* "On her good side"

    I know you're new here, so I'll tell you now..

    that will *NEVER* get you on her "good side"!! See this for reference. It is a bible. :)

    --
    Intelligent Life on Earth
  5. Re:Look at Apache by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    IIS is better because people are paid to make is secure nobody is paid to make apcahe secure. You can't prove that Apaceh is more secure tahn IIIS. IIS is sooooo easy to use and that counts for something its soooooo easy to setup and it just works and i have never seen a site running IIS hacked but i have seen lots of apahce sites hacked so PROOVE IT!!!

    also i think that this 'netcraft' place doesnt no what they are talking about. lots of people probably set up thier apache to pretent to be IIS.

    you blind linux geeks need to wake up.

  6. How arrogant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you're trying to polish a turd with those people