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Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Shun Safari

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the big-surprise-there dept.

benjymouse writes "The Register has picked up on a recent Microsoft security bulletin which urges Windows users to 'restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple.' This controversy comes after Apple has officially refused to promise to do anything about the carpet bombing vulnerability in the Safari browser. Essentially, Apple does not see unsolicited downloads of hundreds or even thousands of executable files to users' desktops as being a security problem." Now while downloading a hundred files to your desktop won't automatically execute them, Microsoft's position is that a secondary attack could execute them for you.

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  1. Re:Accidentents. --lol by Vectronic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time for bed.

  2. Oh Microsoft... by Raian++3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Talk about the stove calling the kettle black.

  3. MS says shun Safari? by DrHackenbush · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, something I we can agree on.

  4. Re:Wow. Just wow. by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 4, Funny

    May I be the first to say:

    Whooosh

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  5. Re:Accidentents. by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    This won't give admin rights to the app. UAC to the rescue. If the Aliens in Independence Day had used Vista instead of OS X then UAC would have stopped the human virus running and they would have been able to complete their conquest of Earth.
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  6. Re:doesn't work? by that+this+is+not+und · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since I voted for George Bush (twice) and Bill Clinton (twice!) I classify MYSELF as a terrorist. I've certainly done enough damage to the country to sit the next election cycle or two out. heheh I need to be careful since whichever lame tool I vote for gets elected....

  7. Re:Accidentents. by thegnu · · Score: 4, Funny

    First, imagine how many people would just blindly click on a new desktop icon just to "see what it does". Well, if the icon is boobies, then about 49% of the population. If the icon is bunnies, however, I think it's much closer to 51%.
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  8. Re:Accidentents. by Firehed · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about bunnies with boobies?

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  9. Denial of Service by Inf0phreak · · Score: 3, Funny

    It certainly opens the possibility for some "fun" denial of service attacks. How many files do you need on your desktop before explorer.exe croaks? I presume the number is well under 100,000?

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  10. Re:Accidentents. by billcopc · · Score: 5, Funny

    The world ends.

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  11. Re:Accidentents. by c0ol · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmcnicholas/2199035401/

  12. Re:Accidentents. --lol by recoiledsnake · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please note that we are not treating this as a security issue, but a further measure to raise the bar against unwanted downloads. This will require a review with the Human Interface team. You mean Apple actually has a HIG team for Windows applications like Quicktime, iTunes and Safari?????
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  13. I found this a bit more interesting by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like to thank the Apple security team for ... and for letting me discuss these issues with the security community. ::raises hand::
    Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?

    What if Apple's security team had said no?
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  14. Happy days at Microsoft by wicka · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guarantee you someone at Microsoft had to bake cupcakes when they found out they could justifiably classify an Apple product as a security risk.