IE7 Bug Reports Flooding In · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 2, 2006 @01:32AM from the experience-them-now-avoid-the-rush dept.

the JoshMeister writes "According to ZDNet, bug reports are already flooding in for Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview. Specific issues include the possibility of arbitrary code execution as well as incompatibilities with McAfee Security Center, anti-spyware programs, and online banking sites." From the article: "... browser testers may already be at risk, according to security researcher Tom Ferris. Late Tuesday, Ferris released details of a potential security flaw in IE 7. An attacker could exploit the flaw by crafting a special Web page that could be used to crash the browser or gain complete control of a vulnerable system, Ferris said in an advisory on his Web site. Microsoft had no immediate comment on Ferris' alert."

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Duh! by sparkydevil · 2006-02-02 01:34 · Score: 5, Insightful

Of course it's got bugs -- it's a beta!
This a good thing by Beelub · 2006-02-02 01:39 · Score: 5, Insightful

Getting bug reports on beta software is good. That's why it's released as beta.

Why is this front page, unless it's just the usual knee-jerk, let's-find-something-bad-to-say-about-Microsoft thing that makes Slashdot less than useful for info about anything about Microsoft.

Yeesh.