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Major flaw revealed in Internet Explorer; users urged to switch
Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:49AM EST

The major press outlets are abuzz this morning with news of a major new security flaw that affects all versions of Internet Explorer from IE5 to the latest beta of IE8. The attack has serious and far-reaching ramifications -- and they're not just theoretical attacks. In fact, the flaw is already in wide use as a tool to steal online game passwords, with some 10,000 websites infected with the code needed to take advantage of the hole in IE.

Virtually all security experts (as well as myself) are counseling users to switch to any other web browser -- none of the others are affected, including Firefox, Chrome, and Opera -- at least for the time being, though Microsoft has stubbornly said it "cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw." Microsoft adds that it is working on a fix but has offered no ETA on when that might happen. Meanwhile it offers some suggestions for a temporary patch, including setting your Internet security zone settings to "high" and offering some complicated workarounds. (Some reports state, however, that the fixes do not actually work.)

Expedient patching or switching are essential. Security pros fear that the attack will soon spread beyond the theft of gaming passwords and into more criminal arenas, as the malicious code can be placed on any website and can be adapted to steal any password stored or entered using the browser. It's now down to the issue of time: Will Microsoft repair the problem and distribute a patch quickly enough to head off the tsunami of fraud that's about to hit or will it come too late to do any good?

Meanwhile, I'll reiterate my recommendation: Switch from Internet Explorer as soon as you can. You can always switch back once the threat is eliminated.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111811

Personally, I'm becoming infatuated with Chrome. You open it up, and there is NOTHING there, quite literally. It builds as you grow. Bear in mind that Chrome is still a beta-mode project, so do keep tabs.  However, it is scary and bewildering to open up a browser and see almost nothing.

I am usually on my MAC, which has Safari. When I am at work or on my husband's PC, I use FireFox.

I feel like a dummy....how would you even switch to Firefox or Chrome?  This is greek to me.

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I feel like a dummy....how would you even switch to Firefox or Chrome?  This is greek to me.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox

download and install from there .. it's really quite easy. If you need help with it, give me a call.

Typical Micro-$oft.  

Thanks......I'm very afraid.  Old dog, new tricks kind of thing,but I will give it a try..later.

I used to use Netscape as an alternate, but that went the way of the Dodo.  My wife uses Firefox, and I'll be downloading that today and giving it a shot.  

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Personally, I'm becoming infatuated with Chrome. You open it up, and there is NOTHING there, quite literally. It builds as you grow. Bear in mind that Chrome is still a beta-mode project, so do keep tabs.  However, it is scary and bewildering to open up a browser and see almost nothing.

What is Chrome?

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What is Chrome?

http://www.google.com/chrome

TY  

I downloaded FireFox for my boss today. It took all of 5 minutes. Downloading it is easy and the Firefox screen is very simplistic. Give it a try Rene.  

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I downloaded FireFox for my boss today. It took all of 5 minutes. Downloading it is easy and the Firefox screen is very simplistic. Give it a try Rene.  

Omg - he accepted a CHANGE???

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Omg - he accepted a CHANGE???

Reluctantly!

I'm not switching to firefox...not on this dinosaur.  When I get a new computer, I'll check it out.  Don't know that I would have enough memory left on this old thing to download anything.