Comments on: Urgent Notice For Internet Explorer Users http://www.pcmech.com/article/urgent-notice-for-internet-explorer-users/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Walter http://www.pcmech.com/article/urgent-notice-for-internet-explorer-users/comment-page-1/#comment-18310 Walter Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:57:12 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=8767#comment-18310 "Internet Explorer" means that the Internet hackers can "Explore" your PC! (including those from Microsoft...) It should have been named "Internet Exploit(er)"! The question is: will the discovery of new vulnerabilities ever end? “Internet Explorer” means that the Internet hackers can “Explore” your PC! (including those from Microsoft…)

It should have been named “Internet Exploit(er)”!

The question is: will the discovery of new vulnerabilities
ever end?

]]> By: Muay Thai Thailand http://www.pcmech.com/article/urgent-notice-for-internet-explorer-users/comment-page-1/#comment-18282 Muay Thai Thailand Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:30:02 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=8767#comment-18282 "If the software is from Microsoft, security ends the moment break the shrink wrap on the box." I never quite thought of it that way, but your statement is too true. i completely agree, and in a corporate environment this is the way software should be viewed. As a liability first and an asset later. Why? Bespoke solutions are private and have a private code-base. Microsoft solutions have public apis and all sorts of interfaces, so hacking them is simple. “If the software is from Microsoft, security ends the moment break the shrink wrap on the box.”

I never quite thought of it that way, but your statement is too true. i completely agree, and in a corporate environment this is the way software should be viewed.

As a liability first and an asset later.

Why? Bespoke solutions are private and have a private code-base.

Microsoft solutions have public apis and all sorts of interfaces, so hacking them is simple.

]]> By: shadowpr http://www.pcmech.com/article/urgent-notice-for-internet-explorer-users/comment-page-1/#comment-18262 shadowpr Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:22:30 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=8767#comment-18262 Looks like there will be a fix tomorrow: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28258894/ Looks like there will be a fix tomorrow: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28258894/

]]> By: Floyd Bufkin http://www.pcmech.com/article/urgent-notice-for-internet-explorer-users/comment-page-1/#comment-18255 Floyd Bufkin Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:28:20 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=8767#comment-18255 If the software is from Microsoft, security ends the moment you break the shrink wrap on the box. :-) If the software is from Microsoft, security ends the moment you break the shrink wrap on the box. :-)

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