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Latest Version of MyDoom Exploits New IE Flaw
techentin writes " CNN Money is reporting a new and improved MyDoom variant which is spread by a hyperlink in email. Clicking the link connects the user to an infected machine, which exploits a recently discovered buffer overflow in Internet Explorer. McAfee has a more detailed description. Is this yet another good reason for running Firefox?" CNET also has a story.
Give Firefox such a big present for their 1.0 release.
A bug in IE? I won't believe it till I see i--
Microsoft today announced that it was going to leave IE users to fix their own patches...
Can they start teaching in school that using IE is like having un-protected sex with 15 donkeys? or would Microsoft complain?
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People still use IE?
ok so they accidently leave one bug in their browser and everybody jumps all over them. big deal!
No, It's a good reason for switching to linux so I don't have to hear you bitch anymore.
The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.
How do we know the link to the story isn't just a trick to get us infected?
Technology, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
A patch has just been released:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Man, if only there were some browser we could use instead of IE...
Oh well.
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -David Hume
A seemingly infinite number of flaws in a finite piece of code, this is quite an achievement.
Now show him http://slackware.com/ and he shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.
Oh yes... that's that web browser that people used to use before FireFox came along isn't it...
How quaint, people are still using it...
I've been running Linux on my main desktop for years, and recently I've really been considering switching to Windows. After all, it's got some cool apps, and while I wouldn't call it "feature complete", I say they've done a good job of implementing many of the best features of Linux and OSX. However it's articles like this that convince me it's still a bit early to switch to Windows.
All told they've made some real inroads in servers, and the desktop experience is improving with each release (the current unstable branch -- AKA "XP" -- has implemented the theme concept long popular in KDE and Gnome!) however I think it's still premature to declare Windows ready for prime time on the desktop.
It's not the most popular browser till mozilla.org gets Slashdotted! :)
US businesses that currently accept chip and PIN/signature
telling us to stop clicking on hyperlinks?
Which is pretty pointless because barrels are usually wooden, and bullets go right thru them.
If you think
The compiler automagically builds in the vulnerability. They all do that nowadays.
An exploit affecting IE?! That's something you don't hear everyday.
Oh, wait...
Every time you post an article on Slashdot, I kill a server. Think of the servers!
No software is bulletproof.
You've never played Hatris for NES, Pipe Dream for NES, Faceball 2000 for Game Boy or Super NES, or Yoshi's Cookie for Super NES. All were published by a Japanese company called BPS, for Bullet Proof Software.
need i say more?
We are the Borg. Lower your trust levels and apply our patches. We will add your financial and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us.