SM-Bot
29 Jan 2004, 6:08pm
I think there might be a guy in Antarctica that does not know that Microsoft's Internet Explorer has security holes, but everyone else knows this.
An article written by Kieren McCarthy of Techworld.com claims that recent holes in IE coupled with previous holes could really cause Microsoft and its IE users problems.
Following the exposure of a vulnerability in Windows XP earlier this week, “http-equiv” of Malware has revealed that Explorer 6 users (and possibly users of earlier versions) could be fooled into downloading what look like safe files but are in fact whatever the author wishes them to be -- including executables.
What caught my eye…? A similar problem, that has not been totally remedied, was found in 2001. Mozilla anyone??
Source: Infoworld (http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/28/HNiehole_1.html)
Submitted by: QCH2002
(FYI… This news flash was submitted using IE6 SP1. Are you sure of what you’re clicking?)
An article written by Kieren McCarthy of Techworld.com claims that recent holes in IE coupled with previous holes could really cause Microsoft and its IE users problems.
Following the exposure of a vulnerability in Windows XP earlier this week, “http-equiv” of Malware has revealed that Explorer 6 users (and possibly users of earlier versions) could be fooled into downloading what look like safe files but are in fact whatever the author wishes them to be -- including executables.
What caught my eye…? A similar problem, that has not been totally remedied, was found in 2001. Mozilla anyone??
Source: Infoworld (http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/28/HNiehole_1.html)
Submitted by: QCH2002
(FYI… This news flash was submitted using IE6 SP1. Are you sure of what you’re clicking?)