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Old 12-16-2008, 11:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Another Major IE Flaw
Major Internet Explorer security flaw found -- Newsday.com

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The flaw lets criminals commandeer victims' machines merely by tricking them into visiting Web sites tainted with malicious programming code. As many as 10,000 sites have been compromised since last week to exploit the browser flaw, according to antivirus software maker Trend Micro Inc.
No doubt in my mind.... next PC is a MAC!
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Old 12-16-2008, 11:42 AM   #2 (permalink)
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firefox ftw..
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Old 12-16-2008, 11:45 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I don't use IE unless I have to for internal corporate use....
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I don't use IE unless I have to for internal corporate use....
the only thing ie is good for is downloading firefox...
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Firefox ftmfl

Opera ftmfw
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I tried Opera a few times, just didn't like it's "feel". Always went back to FireFox.
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Firefox has had their fair share of security flaws, just not well known like IE. Either way, we are probably going to buy a site license for a program called Sandboxie - you load your program in this "shell" and if the program downloads a virus or malware - you delete the sandbox and create a new one. Nothing gets through, it is good stuff - we have been testing it for about 2 years.

Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing
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Old 12-17-2008, 11:26 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Yeah that .... and Windows Updates
 
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Firefox has had their fair share of security flaws, just not well known like IE. Either way, we are probably going to buy a site license for a program called Sandboxie - you load your program in this "shell" and if the program downloads a virus or malware - you delete the sandbox and create a new one. Nothing gets through, it is good stuff - we have been testing it for about 2 years.

Sandboxie - Sandbox software for application isolation and secure Web browsing
I have looked at that ...

so if you surf into a compromised web site, even though your browser may download and install malware, all is self contained in the sandbox ?
 
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