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Microsoft to Issue Out-of-Cycle Patch for IE

rsw writes "Microsoft will be breaking their normal patch cycle and issuing a patch for the Download.Ject attack (a.k.a. Scob). They claim that the forthcoming patch will be a "long-term solution to the core vulnerability" exploited by Scob." Note that this does not mean that they are replacing IE with FireFox.

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  1. Aw Dang by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. beige by kunjan1029 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    on a slighly offtopic.

    how do u change this beige color to something else? ;)

    god its eye straining.

    1. Re:beige by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Use a proxy that can pattern match HTML and get it to rewrite the colours. For example, A69D78 to 006666. You'll also need to redireect requests to the offending GIFs.

      I'll reply again when with some privoxy rules tomorrow.

    2. Re:beige by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      welcome to THE RADIOACTIVE BEIGE OF THE END TIMES, which is brought to you by CmdrTaco who is in thrall to THE DAMNED ELDER GOD OF THE BEIGE. They will post every other slashdot story in this horrific color until you go blind, because they are evil.

    3. Re:beige by elint · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      or click "preferences" and check the "light" box, scroll to the bottom, hit "save". streamlines the page. you'll get used to it after a few days, then the old /. layout will just look klunky.

    4. Re:beige by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I haven't seen the nasty icons since '99 or so. Except when their database server dies and I'm no longer logged in. Faster and at least 50% less ugly.

      - A.P.

      --
      "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"