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Google Fixes IE Bug

Posted by Zonk on from the quik-fix dept.

aussie_a writes "Without accepting blame Google has quickly patched the vulnerability, without requiring users to download a patch. Previously covered by Slashdot, the flaw allowed people to access files and passwords on a computer via any website when viewed with IE while running Google Desktop." From the article: "'Google was able to address the problem quickly because it didn't require changing any code at the user's desktop,' MacDonald said. 'Google applied more stringent security controls on its main site, which shut down the exploit.' The incident does raise important questions about Google as a desktop software vendor and its plans for rolling out future security fixes, said MacDonald. "

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  1. Credibility? by connah0047 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The incident does raise important questions about Google as a desktop software vendor and its plans for rolling out future security fixes, said MacDonald.

    I question Mr. MacDonald's credibility. If this is the same gentleman I'm thinking of, he's an older man who has a farm...or at least had one.

    1. Re:Credibility? by headkase · · Score: 2, Funny

      Come on everyone! Join in!!!!.
      I thought that song was great at one point in my life :)

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    2. Re:Credibility? by Jawju · · Score: 3, Funny

      So that means the bug isn't in IE - it's in EI-EI version 0.

  2. Standards?!? by thechao · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Since Google is providing end-user software, it must be held to the same standards that you would hold other desktop software vendors to," he said.

    That's when I realized this was an article by 'The Onion'.

  3. Re:The bug was Google's... by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who's to blame? MS? Google? Both? None? You decide.

    George W. Bush, clearly.

  4. Indeed by Gruneun · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I remember correctly, he was far more concerned with EI than IE.

    1. Re:Indeed by aug24 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh?

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  5. so we have by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    a 3rd party application which permits to exploit a bug in a software and open a big security hole...?
    And this 3rd party company are fixing their product to no longer be vulnerable to this bug.
    So what is the big deal?

  6. Re:The bug was Google's... by mrnukem · · Score: 1, Funny

    Al Gore is to blame. He created the interwebs you know..

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  7. Re:The bug was Google's... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Actually, I think Canada is to blame here.

  8. Re:An analogy for the comprehension-deficient... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dick parks, engages the brake, but the car rolls away... crushing Spot.

  9. Re:Thanks for Fixing the Problem by Chi-RAV · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of the apps we run uses IE specific (Active X) controls.
    release an 'IE Secure' browser, that is stripped down but secure
    Sure, we'll just take ActiveX out of IE and call it a "secure" version.

  10. Re:E_IEIO by scheming+daemons · · Score: 1, Funny
    "When Google Desktop encounters a situation in which Internet Explorer's security hole could be exploited, it raises E_IEIO" said MacDonald.

    Would that be "Old" MacDonald?

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  11. Re:If they can fix stuff at their end... that's co by smooth+wombat · · Score: 2, Funny

    So in other words they fixed the glitch. It will work its way out naturally.

    The problem is solved from your end.

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