eyehawk78 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Serious security flaw found in Internet Explorer. Microsoft is investigating a serious security flaw present in all versions of Internet Explorer (though only IE7 seems to have been affected thus far) which allows an attacker to take hold of a persons computers and steal their passwords. Experts at Trend Micro have advised switching to another browser, at least until the problem is fixed. Have you been effected by this flaw? If there are still any IE users out there, what are your thoughts on switching? (Please don't turn this into a flaming IE SuCKS!!!1!!11!1 post, theres millions of other places on the web if you wanna do that) Website Updates & Corrections | Website Discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavi Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Why am I not surprised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Why am I not surprised? +1. All the more reason to switch. "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Why am I not surprised? +1 I wasn't surprised either. Good thing I started using Opera a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You could try IE 8 if you really want to stick with Microsoft's browsers, though I'd say just to switch to Opera, Firefox, or Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You could try IE 8 if you really want to stick with Microsoft's browsers, though I'd say just to switch to Opera, Firefox, or Chrome. IE8 is vulnerable too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzs Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Welcome to 3 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You could try IE 8 if you really want to stick with Microsoft's browsers, though I'd say just to switch to Opera, Firefox, or Chrome. IE8 is vulnerable too. Ah, well then, switch to another browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcneilp Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Reading this makes me glad i made the switch to firefox. Now i use it, makes me wonder why i didn't use it right from the start. #-o It isn't in the castle, It isn't in the mist, It's a calling of the waters, As they break to show, The new Black Death, With reactors aglow, Do you think your security, Can keep you in purity, You will not shake us off above or belowScottish frictionScottish fiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wongtong Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Hasn't affected me at all because I use Firefox. My parents use IE though .. must warn them. -.- 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Only now are my parents taking note of the firefox I installed on their system years ago. They didn't really take in my suggestion before. Funny though that they use a computer for internet browsing daily for years and still they had trouble understanding the concept of different browsers. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Observer Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Good thing I switched to Firefox. It doesn't really matter now since I have Ubuntu, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Oh how I love my Firefox. Problem free since day 1 I'm not surprised there is a flaw in IE, to be honest. When I used it, and my parents still do, there were problems all the time. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Maybe now my dad will finally download FF... Although I doubt someone's going to go to the bother of hacking IE6 on a Win2000... :roll: Although I'm not sure what Ouchy's talking about... It's definitely the worst out there, but I've never had any problems other than it can't deal with transparent .pngs... and actually IE7 can... although that's the one with the big hole... That people would extort (? right word... idk) sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchy Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Maybe now my dad will finally download FF... Although I doubt someone's going to go to the bother of hacking IE6 on a Win2000... :roll: Although I'm not sure what Ouchy's talking about... It's definitely the worst out there, but I've never had any problems other than it can't deal with transparent .pngs... and actually IE7 can... although that's the one with the big hole... That people would extort (? right word... idk) The problem my parents face is that sometimes when they try to view a page it tells them that the Connection is Interrupted, but I can view the page fine. My relaxation method involves a bottle of lotion, beautiful women, and partial nudity. Yes I get massages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im1knight Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 this is exactly why i use firefox..... (Hey, but firefrox can have a flaw too, you never know...)*hope not* Quit runescape on Jan 6th of 2008, at level of 115 with around 150M worth of item in bank...however stats still remainsWorld 59, the world i loved~ Now 95% dedicated to playing Microsoft flight simulator http://www.youtube.com/user/im1knightmy youtube channel with many FSX videos i made. please leave a comment if you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauke Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Sure, and Fx will never ever have a bug. All those "zomfg glad I switched to FF" posts are a bit overdone, imo (also, the correct abbreviation is "Fx"). There's no guarantee Fx will never have a serious bug. In fact, Fx has had a few serious bugs already. Note: I am a dedicated Fx user and don't ever want to switch back to IE. Twitter ||| Google+ ||| Facebook ||| LinkedIn ||| My very interesting weblog about science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 To start: Firefox can and does have its share of major security flaws, it's just that they're patched up way faster than IE's. [Anonymous programmers are legion.] Next, it doesn't surprise me at ALL that IE has such a critical flaw. You can almost predict when the next Microsoft product will have a critical flaw in it so accurately, you could set your watch to it. Lastly, how the heck is Fx the appropriate abbreviation for Firefox? Consider the two words "Fire" and "Fox", and both begin with F, so FF is much more natural. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_mumm_ra Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 i've used chrome since it's release. i used to use IE before that, only ever had 1 problem with it. chrome is out of beta now too. [hide=WOO TEXT! updated Jan 19, 2009 (last quote)] And Evil you mad bastard. You are definately bringing TET back up to it's glory. No doubt about it. Keep it going champ.24,485th to 99 defence on 7-23-08I always forget you're 20 too. I always think you're 25 or something. o.oYa think that I'm insane, Its not sane... its not saneobligitory devart link: http://evil-mumm-ra.deviantart.com/Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.She isn't naked so it's legal.I'm a porn star.[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodredsword Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Lol....I like the use of the world "Flaw" Should be FlawS Listen to the mighty words of Bloodredsword. Tip it MGC Xbox live leader board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevepole Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I saw a preview for the news about this during Heroes.. Didn't stay to find out what it was about though but good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElkNight Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Firefox all the way. :thumbup: 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salad Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 That's why everyone should use Opera (Opera>All IMO, start the flaming -.-) I tryed FireFox and I can just say one thing: WTF? Extremly slow to open (about 5 mins?),crashes randomly (I got a few add-ons like WOT and ad-block plus) and I can't play RS on it. The only thing that I like about FireFox is some add-ons (WOT, Ad-Block plus and some other). I know it's because of my computer that it's slow buy I don't care. OT: When I saw this I lol'd irl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Yeah, Opera owns on the security side as well. WoT will still load the page in the background when it pops up, but Opera will block you with a fraud warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arixe Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Posting this is like preaching to the choir \ A majority of the users on this forums probably use third party browsers. And no, I haven't been affected by this. Haven't used IE on any computer of mine in years. I do gotta warn my family though #-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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