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IE 8 To Include New Security Tools

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hopefully-half-of-them-work dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Internet Explorer has been a security punching bag for years, and rightfully so. IE 6 was arguably the least secure browser of all time. But Microsoft has been trying to get their act together on security, and the new beta of IE 8, due in August, will have a slew of new security features, including protection against Type-1 cross-site scripting attacks, a better phishing filter and better security for ActiveX controls."

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  1. Security.. Thats all Microsoft knows how to update by trr49378 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not to diss Microsoft or anything... but seriously they need to get their act together with security updates. Every other day there seems to be a new security updates for MS XP why don't they stop messing with things then you don't need security updates. I'm a mac user and i would have to say mac's barely ever have updates for security, Is that cuz mac's are better?!?!?!?

  2. Re:Better security for ActiveX controls by Z34107 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ActiveX controls sound a lot like Firefox Add-Ons. Except ActiveX controls are sandboxed, whereas Add-Ons run at browser privileges.

    Am I wrong? Or should Firefox scrap Add-Ons before IE8 scraps ActiveX?

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