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Wellander
Joined: 21 Oct 2002
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 25 Jun, 2004 6:19 pm |
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Hi,
Windows 98 Gold = IE 4.01
Windows 98 SE = IE 5.00 |
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Don_HH2K
Joined: 09 May 2004
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| 25 Jun, 2004 6:37 pm |
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I know that about the versions. I never bothered to upgrade since I never used IE although I did apply patches, etc...
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Andrew T.
Joined: 14 Mar 2003
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Location: Somewhere beyond the sea
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| 25 Jun, 2004 9:09 pm |
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In any case, all individuals who use Internet Explorer on Windows will be in danger of what Microsoft considers to be a vulnerability of "critical" severity.
Until Microsoft releases a patch or security update, which they probably won't do for all Windows versions actually affected by the security flaw.
Or, sensibly, they stop using Internet Explorer, instead choosing to use a safer competing product such as Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox!
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Antony
Joined: 18 Jun 2002
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| 26 Jun, 2004 7:20 am |
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This is for web pages hosted in Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS) and users using Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE).
According to Symmatec , affected systems are: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP.
And systems not affected are: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Macintosh OS X, Novell Netware, OS/2, UNIX, Windows 3.x
Another good reason to use non-MSIE based browsers, and to switch to a Mac.
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Mandrake
Joined: 13 Sep 2002
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| 26 Jun, 2004 10:35 am |
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Windows XP SP2 is not effected by this, I hope they release SP2 soon, it seems so much more secure.
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Don_HH2K
Joined: 09 May 2004
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| 26 Jun, 2004 1:40 pm |
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| Mandrake wrote: |  Windows XP SP2 is not effected by this, I hope they release SP2 soon, it seems so much more secure. |
There is currently a Release Candidate 2 of XPSP2 if you don't mind a service pack in beta. It seems stable enough for everyday use to me.
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Antony
Joined: 18 Jun 2002
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| 26 Jun, 2004 11:44 pm |
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SillyDog701 website is of course not served by Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS).
SillyDog701 uses FreeBSD, which is what Mac OS X is based on.
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Wellander
Joined: 21 Oct 2002
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| 26 Jun, 2004 11:48 pm |
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| Antony wrote: | SillyDog701 website is of course not served by Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS).
SillyDog701 uses FreeBSD, which is what Mac OS X is based on. |
Good.
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Don_HH2K
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| 27 Jun, 2004 7:35 am |
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| Antony wrote: | SillyDog701 website is of course not served by Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 (IIS).
SillyDog701 uses FreeBSD, which is what Mac OS X is based on. |
I would have to agree not to use IIS at all. Even though I do have a copy of NT server kicking around somewhere, I use Linux servers anyway. If you want my opinion, IIS is a targeted-with-nuclear-weapons swiss cheese.
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Antony
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Wellander
Joined: 21 Oct 2002
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| 28 Jun, 2004 3:10 pm |
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[quote="Antony"]Microsoft said they can cure the recent virus problem, but you have to turn on the auto-updating features.
I would add, by turning on the auto-updating features, you will just get more problems.
| [/url] wrote: | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is cutting the time it takes to blitz viruses but needs personal computer users to turn on their auto-updating features to help it combat potentially dangerous attacks, Bill Gates said on Monday. |
Hi,
I would much rather be varnible to attacts then do that.
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Dustin
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Wellander
Joined: 21 Oct 2002
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| 28 Jun, 2004 4:45 pm |
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Hi,
It is Windows 98 First edition.
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DJGM
Joined: 19 Jun 2002
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Location: Manchester, England, UK
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| 30 Jun, 2004 8:30 am |
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Here we go again . . . yet another nasty IE problem has become evident.
While the rogue Russian server a the centre of last weeks problems has been shut down, some of the
affected sites (normally trustworthy ones) are still injecting malicious code onto user's PC's via IE.
And if that wasn't enough . . .
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Malware attacks IE users via pop-ups
Another warning has been issued over data-stealing malware that exploits a vulnerability in IE.
Although the threat from last week's "download.ject" attack has subsided, malware authors
have not missed a beat in their efforts to use flaws in Internet Explorer as a gateway
to steal banking and credit card information.
The malware, which has been identified by the SANS Institute, is delivered to users' PCs
through pop-up windows that appear when users log on to financial portals.
It seems that the suspect pop-ups are delivered on certain websites that run ads from third-party
ad servers, which appear to have been hacked. When the pop-ups appear, vulnerable versions
of IE begin downloading a malicious file that records activity, such as passwords onto the
infected PC and sends that data to a server reportedly located in Estonia.
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The full article can be found at TheRegister.co.uk . . .
Oh well, it seems like another damn good reason to use alternative browsers, especially ones
that have ad-blocking built in as standard without the need for any third party browser add-ons.
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Windows Internet Explorer = Old Swiss Cheese: Full of holes, and it stinks! |
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Mandrake
Joined: 13 Sep 2002
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| 30 Jun, 2004 8:28 pm |
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That is bad news for online-banking sites that require IE!
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