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IE Flaw Puts Windows XP SP2 At Risk

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the double-your-pleasure dept.

Zigor writes "CNET is reporting that a new flaw has been discovered in Internet Explorer that could enable a remote attack on systems running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, eEye Digital Security has warned. The discovery of this IE flaw comes just over a month after Microsoft issued a cumulative patch addressing three vulnerabilities for IE. The new IE flaw also adds to another vulnerability, discovered last month, that affects systems using Windows XP SP2."

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  1. You're kidding! by wealthychef · · Score: 5, Funny

    A security flaw in Internet Explorer! Stop the presses! Oh my God! This is such BIG NEWS!

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  2. Pfew! by Mr2cents · · Score: 4, Funny

    Luckily I didn't install SP2!

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    1. Re:Pfew! by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Luckily I didn't buy a PS2! :P

    2. Re:Pfew! by jacksonj04 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Since I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not:

      Install SP2 now. What are you doing waiting to install a set of patches? There are no issues with SP2 and 99% of users, except that it might put an extra dialog box in the way of doing something stupid. Not to mention all those horrible security fixes and automatic updates on by default.

      This new issue is not worth leaving your system unpatched for, if anything it's exactly the kind of thing that SP2 forced updates to be on by default for.

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  3. Looks like... by One+of+the+abnormals · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... they'll have patches next patch Tuesday!

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    1. Re:Looks like... by baadger · · Score: 5, Funny

      2b || !2b =?

      true... true.

  4. But this has already been patched... by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 1, Funny

    Download the patch here.

  5. stop the presses! by Andy+Gardner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Homer: OK, Start the presses.
    Editor: That takes four hours...
    Homer: Whatever, I'll be at Moe's.

  6. Re:Most Will Agree...But No... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Weee Micros~1 Genuine Advantage REQUIRED to download the tool.

    Fucking nosy bitches at Micros~1, when is it enough?

  7. The Bug is Fixed: Download Patch Here by Chromodromic · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can download the patch below. They've done, actually, an impressive job with it because, by way of a "peace offering" to the Web community, they've incorporated quite a large number of features from IE7 and future releases far earlier than expected.

    The changes are actually pretty dramatic, with even some significant alterations to the UI and a number of fixes to the bookmarks system. Enjoy.

    http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

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  8. Re:Is The Honeymoon Still Over? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    From $100 Million Marketing Push For Vista: With the longest gap ever between major releases of Windows operating systems -- the current version, Windows XP, was launched in late 2001

    And it seems Windows XP was never finished! Maybe they should make one decent product before they move on.

  9. Can't we automate this? by ninja_assault_kitten · · Score: 1, Funny

    while(1)
    {
            fprintf(stdout, "New IE Vulnerability puts Windows users at risk!");
            sleep 86400;
            fprintf(stdout, "New Firefox Vulnerability, is Firefox as secure as it say?");
            sleep 86400;
    }

  10. Re: THAT is ... cognative dissonance by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny


    > Which of these things is not like the others?

    • IBM
    • Microsoft
    • Scientology
    • Amway
    • Herbalife
    Amway. It's the only one that doesn't have an 'i' in it.


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  11. Re:New /. Section by Lars83 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sorry, I don't like reading comment after comment hating on MS. I use Linux too, but I don't need to come to /. to feel better about myself.

  12. My world is shaking by tsa · · Score: 3, Funny

    And just when IE was officially the safest browser ever! What's happening?

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  13. No, no, no... by VisceralLogic · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm pretty sure someone told me SP2 is secure... so don't worry about it, you'll all be fine.

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  14. Re:You're wrong by iSwitched · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um... I really don't mean to be rude... But it is possible to use a computer and not use IE. At work I use a fine Linux distro known as Fedora Core, and at home I use a mac with OS X. C'est Voila! No IE!

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  15. Tell Me Again... by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 2, Funny


    how Firefox has more security problems than IE...

    It is appropriate that this surfaces a day after some moron tried to make that argument stick.

    Microsoft: Give...it...up!

    You've lied so often that nobody but your shills believe your FUD anymore -and I'm not even sure THEY do - they just support it for their own moronic reasons.

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  16. Re:"All you need to do is patch or buy the upgrade by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, continuing to treat security problems simple as PR issues eventually crosses the line of fraud (from an economic view) or sedition/sabotage (from a nationalistic view).

    Oh, come on, why can't you just patch or buy the upgrade?

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