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Flaw in IE

Posted 16 December 2008 - 10:56 PM

Yes, I know that most of you probably do not use IE. But you may know someone who does. In fact, I am almost positive that you do! So please read the article. Thanks. :)

Major flaw in Internet Explorer

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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 16 December 2008 - 11:13 PM

EW IE
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 17 December 2008 - 02:36 AM

oh.. phew.. thank you very much for this info! I guess i am gonna change to firefox now :)

EDIT: Done! ;)

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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 17 December 2008 - 09:58 AM

Yeah, I told people in the office about this, and basically got 'STFU' as the response. So, sod them.
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:00 AM

I already posted this in industry news so :P
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 17 December 2008 - 12:26 PM

mm I tried this exploit on my LAN - works alarmingly well at launching arbitrary code! Note exactly sure how it works..some sort of XML corruption - anyone know exactly? :^:
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 17 December 2008 - 12:51 PM

Hot News: Patch has just been released to cover this.
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:40 PM

View PostNykc, on 17 Dec, 2008 - 12:00 PM, said:

I already posted this in industry news so :P

That must be because you're cool like me. We post the same topics.
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 18 December 2008 - 01:21 PM

View PostBort, on 17 Dec, 2008 - 08:58 AM, said:

Yeah, I told people in the office about this, and basically got 'STFU' as the response. So, sod them.


That's because they are FLAWED. Flawed people use flawed things!!!
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 18 December 2008 - 07:52 PM

The idea that people still use Internet Explorer outside of a corporate LAN astounds me.
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 18 December 2008 - 10:36 PM

Agreed. :)
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 18 December 2008 - 11:12 PM

I try not to think about it. Otherwise I start to get a cranial hemorrhage and at midnight getting medical attention is going to be difficult.
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 19 December 2008 - 03:22 PM

Hehe. I like Linux...IE can never contaminate it. All the versions I'm aware of come with Firefox. Like I said...IE will never contaminate it. :lol:
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 19 December 2008 - 03:26 PM

View PostLocke37, on 19 Dec, 2008 - 05:22 PM, said:

Hehe. I like Linux...IE can never contaminate it. All the versions I'm aware of come with Firefox. Like I said...IE will never contaminate it. :lol:

http://www.codeweave...rank/?app_id=15
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Re: Flaw in IE

Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:04 PM

Why can't people just leave well enough alone..? :blink:

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