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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. 12 voluns. in GAIM by eddy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    IE? Nobody here use IE :-P. I think these problems with GAIM is more of a concern for the slashdot readership.

    I hear they've been fixed in debian. (no link, so you better check for yourself)

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