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IE7 Vulnerability Discovered

slidersv writes "Not 24 hours after the release of IE7, Secunia reports Internet Explorer Arbitrary Content Disclosure Vulnerability. So much for the "you wanted it easier and more secure" slogan found on Microsoft's IE Website."

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  1. two words by doti · · Score: 5, Funny

    ha ha

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    1. Re:two words by parodyca · · Score: 5, Funny

      but that was only one word..... twice

    2. Re:two words by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Funny

      One word: Brillant!

    3. Re:two words by knightmad · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you are going to do, at least do it right:

      ha ha

    4. Re:two words by tsjaikdus · · Score: 3, Funny

      What a relief they've found the bug. OK, now it's save to use.

  2. Re:Firefox by bagboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    What was wrong with gopher???

  3. IE7 Vulnerability Discovered by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a very motherly voice:

    Oh Microsoft, what are we going to do with you, eh?

    1. Re:IE7 Vulnerability Discovered by Rohan427 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Format C:. Install any other OS.

      PGA

  4. Misunderstanding by MrSquishy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the line should read "You wanted it easier AND more secure?".

  5. Re:Browsers are just too complex by Goaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's your porch, here's your chair, and here's your lawn. Now repeat after me, "DAMN KIDS! GET OFFA MY LAWN!"

  6. News? by Treacharous · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't everyone use firefox anyway?

  7. Re:Old exploit by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, what you're saying is that Bill's dog ate the patch?

    KFG

  8. Yawn. by Honest+Olaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stretch. Scratch.

    Oh, an IE vulnerability? That's cool man.

    Hey, anyone want to get some lunch?

  9. Re:Firefox by bozendoka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I agree completely. Heaven knows there weren't any fanboys on Slashdot before Firefox.

    Ah, those were the days... rational discourse, on topic discussions, no spelling errors...Why, I remember one time, I said that I thought that Gentoo could be a little easier to install, and nobody modded me down. Dammit, I promised myself I wasn't going to cry!

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  10. Re:Lynx vs. links. Security? Standards? Usability? by rk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Links? Lynx? You're all wimps.

    I posted this by hand using "telnet slashdot.org 80".

  11. Re:Firefox by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't see what this "web technology" can do that a newspaper can't.


    Video pr0n.
  12. Re:Lynx vs. links. Security? Standards? Usability? by aymanh · · Score: 4, Funny

    You need a computer program to post? How amateurish! I'm posting this by waving a magnet next to a phone cable ;)

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  13. So much for "more secure"? by Trillan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dude, 24 hours is more secure for Internet Explorer.