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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. Re:i knew it by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 0, Troll
    i always knew that those hyperlinks were a bad security problem. Web designer should really avoid those propietary 'href'-tags for security reasons.

    And people should avoid those cleverly disguised closed-source programs that could have viruses hidden in them. Only use and write open source software that you can compile yourself after hand-inspecting the source code for trojans.

  2. Re:Windows can be secure by I+Be+Hatin' · · Score: 0, Troll
    Windows: Install. Ok.

    Believe me, if this was your experience, you had a very atypical Windows install.

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