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IE Holes Not Microsoft's Fault, Says Bill

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the born-into-a-state-of-sin dept.

thparker writes "As part of the Media Center release discussed previously, Bill Gates had an interview with USA Today. Best quote: 'Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes... Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.' Well now we know -- these problems have all been our own fault." Any counterexamples?

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  1. Counterexamples thread here, please by Crypto+Gnome · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And to start the ball officially rolling we have the well publicised recent GDI/JPEG vulnerability

    Let me be the first to reply to Billy G

    You sir, are a liar.

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  2. Investment by dcam · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    FTA
    More has been invested in making IE secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot

    And it is still the most insecure browser in common use. Impressive.

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  3. obvious flame-bait under my login. by catwh0re · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just like to write that I did not write that flame-bait, that was submitted to this article. Thank you to those that have notified me.

  4. Re:Antivirus is not a thing you "build in" by LittleBigLui · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Sophos et al, would not be happy and they'd unfreee the Super-Lawyers and let them loose!


    Ungrateful fuckers. They owe all their business to Microsoft anyways! ;)
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  5. Re:No thanks by reedmon29 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    20 minutes? I know friends with WinXP that have never turned on any security, and may have even downloaded spyware, that haven't yet been comprimised. As a matter of fact, I know of one instance that a WinXP was comprimised, over 100 box-years.

  6. Kerry called by alexborges · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He wants his (LAME) punchline back

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