Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fixed yet

December 15, 2008
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(AP) -- Users of all current versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser might be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked because of a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday.


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Omnitheo
Dec 15, 2008

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Internet Explorer has many serious flaws. Most security exports urge customers to use other browsers anyways, regardless of whatever the current IE bug/hack/security hole at the time is.
gopher65
Dec 15, 2008

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Ditto for Safari. That's another browser that no one should EVER enter their credit card details into.
Auris
Dec 16, 2008

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Thank goodness I always use Firefox
DGBEACH
Dec 16, 2008

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Two words...Firefox , Linux
You'll never have problems again!
Velanarris
Dec 16, 2008

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Two words...Firefox , Linux
You'll never have problems again!
That is until you want to use anything that 92% of businesses use.

The real protip here is don't go to any website that has .cn in the domain registration.
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