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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. IE sucks... by Slack0ff · · Score: 0, Troll

    Looks like we have run across another internet exploiter bug, wonder if they plan on patching this. Then again they might not release january's patches due to the chinese new year. Really we cant expect for Micro$hit to do their job right the first time much less the second time.

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  2. Konqueror under linux is also vulnerble by CrashPanic · · Score: 1, Troll

    Konqueror under linux is also vulnerable... so it is not just windows IE

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  3. The best thing about MS Internet Explorer... by dtjohnson · · Score: 0, Troll

    is that it only runs on Windows.