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Microsoft Advises to Type in URLs Rather than Click

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tedious-surfing dept.

spacehug writes "In a recent Microsoft Knowledge Base article, they provide 'Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks.' These steps include always using SSL/TLS, typing 'JScript commands' in the address bar, and typing in URLs instead of clicking links! I have a suggestion that's not in the Knowledge Base: don't use IE!"

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  1. fpfpfp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wooo

  2. GOATSE!! DO NOT TYPE!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Warning: parent post contains link to the infamous "goatse" photo.

  3. this is.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    w...w.... w....wanha!!

  4. RTFA, dipshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    only MSIE is vulnerable, stupid moron

  5. Re:Windows can be secure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MacOS X isn't a *BSD platform. Its a propietary re-write.

  6. Re:I haven't clicked links for YEARS! by cyt0plas · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So's tubgirl.

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