Serious security flaw found in IE.
"lol". That is all.
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markfiend
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"Every browser is susceptible to vulnerabilities from time to time. It's fine to say 'don't use Internet Explorer' for now, but other browsers may well find themselves in a similar situation,"
He would say that wouldn't he?
He would say that wouldn't he?
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"The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow criminals to take control of people's computers and steal their passwords, internet experts say."
Almost every patch for every program ever invented (not just MS) is for exactly this. Must be a slow news day.
Almost every patch for every program ever invented (not just MS) is for exactly this. Must be a slow news day.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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BLEUGH. Bigger threat to people's PCs is downloading software cracks, bit torrent clients, etc, etc., all completely capable of taking over your PC.
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I don't think so, it was so serious that M$ released a patch out of their regular updates cycle.stufarq wrote: Must be a slow news day.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell