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Microsoft to Issue Out-of-Cycle Patch for IE

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-reboot-repeat dept.

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. Re:Firefox by Mick+Ohrberg · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ...firefox has render problems on slashdot...

    How much of that is due to Firefox actually rendering wrong, versus how the HTML that Slashcode generates TELLS it to render? I.e, is it Firefox or the HTML on this site that's to blame?

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  2. Re:Firefox is not the answer. by p4ul13 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Ocassionally the text overlaps with the menu on the left side of /.

    A page refresh usually clears this up for me.

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  3. IT: Microsoft to Issue Out-of-Cycle Patch for IE by webhuis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Note that this does not mean that they are replacing IE with FireFox. M$ are to release an anti-virus that has two components. 1. An anti-virus 2. A blocking list of suspicious clients that offered malware. They will be forced to replace IE by Firefox. Regards, Martin.

  4. Patch...??? by stang7423 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "long-term solution to the core vulnerability"

    So they are just going to install firefox over IE. Ha ha, we win...