I love Internet Explorer!

**vass0922** · October 2nd, 2003, 07:15 PM

YEA Baby!

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1306762,00.asp
http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i8438.html

"Faulty Patch Leaves IE Open to Attack"

"A fully patched IE system is vulnerable to this"

"In addition to the Qhost Trojan, Manion has seen another Trojan that exploits this vulnerability to steal users' AOL Instant Messenger passwords. There is also an exploit that installs a dialing program that calls out to an overseas toll number, and a fourth tool that installs an old back door program."

Where else can you find ALL of this in ONE package!
For FREE

Say good bye to Infomercials, they couldn't sell a complete package like this!

**Epyon9283** · October 2nd, 2003, 07:23 PM

The sarcasm is priceless

**John Prophet** · October 2nd, 2003, 07:31 PM

AOSmell users deserve trojans, lol.

On a more serious note.....can you IMAGINE the headache some of the Microsoft guys go to bed with at night? Also having to face the tech press' questions about security....and having to come up with feasable definitions for terms like "trustworthy computing" etc etc.

JP

**Droppyale** · October 2nd, 2003, 07:36 PM

Originally posted by Epyon9283
The sarcasm is priceless

**GroundZero3** · October 2nd, 2003, 07:59 PM

just to make sure, if i have ie installed but use oprea im not effected correct?

good old ms, thank god for opera

**Creatures** · October 2nd, 2003, 08:04 PM

no opera is pretty good protected (there are security holes, but first they must be found!)

Creatures

**GroundZero3** · October 2nd, 2003, 08:09 PM

i meant creatures is since i have ie installed, but use opera. just having ie installed shouldnt effect me.

i assume it should since i use opera most of the time. now im confused

**nomaxim** · October 3rd, 2003, 01:07 PM

Infomercials??

Vass, see you doctor, they make drugs for this nowdays.

PS,
Thanks for the update.

**paul9** · October 3rd, 2003, 01:24 PM

you are safe until you open ie and visit one of those 'specially crafted' web pages with ie. it should be safe to visit the same page with opera, mozilla or netscape, but not browsers based on ie or presumably not safe with stuff like kazaa's webpage window as this too uses ie. i wonder about media player, hmmmm?

**QCompson** · October 4th, 2003, 09:42 PM

IE's a train-wreck when it comes to security. It's still highly suspicious to me that IE doesn't seem concerned with putting in any sort of pop-up blocking (although every other major browser has).

**velascony** · October 5th, 2003, 01:25 PM

Yep, I got hit with the Qhost trojan. Nothing you could do because all you had to do was visit a site that had the exploited code.

I now use Mozilla Firebird.

**sixf00t4** · October 5th, 2003, 01:45 PM

so what did it do to your velascony?

personally, i am very attached to IE. i depend on the ctl+enter function.

**Starfury_2260** · October 5th, 2003, 08:39 PM

what does that do??

**willy_ph** · October 5th, 2003, 09:39 PM

vass, I think you should go and visit the doctor again. Have you gotten the repeat on your prescription?

**The Real Bingo** · October 5th, 2003, 09:52 PM

What, am I like the only person here who uses IE?
Will AVG prevent this virus that you're talking about?

**vass0922** · October 5th, 2003, 09:57 PM

no

**OuTpaTienT** · October 6th, 2003, 01:12 AM

/me snickers and continues to use Mozilla.

**DanGrease** · October 10th, 2003, 07:36 PM

Had to be a Opera freak

Mozilla is an option too you know!

dan

**yohon125** · October 10th, 2003, 07:57 PM

i am sure that every browser has 'security holes.' ie is just so widely used that it is targeted.

btw, which do most of you like better? opera or mozilla?