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Hackers targeting newly discovered flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer
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| April 28
| Gail Sullivan
Posted on 04/28/2014 7:13:12 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Apple’s decision to not support Adobe Flash in iOS looks better all of the time.
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:18:28 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
To: JoeProBono
It’s not that simple.
Even if you are using some other browser, you are still using IE.
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:21:49 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
Hunh? I don’t use IE, so how can I be using IE?
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:26:07 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:32:18 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: UCANSEE2
Even if you are using some other browser, you are still using IE.On my MAC? Drop that many years ago.
To: hoagy62; JoeProBono
I know, you both think I’m crazy.
When you use Firefox, or Chrome, etc. you are simply using a ‘mask’ that is put over the face of Internet Explorer.
If you doubt me, try to remove IE from your computer.
If you are successful, you will no longer be posting anything anywhere.
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:36:40 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
Nope.
Firefox runs on Linux; I’m using it now.
It doesn’t use IE because IE does not exist on my Linux machine.
The Windows port of firefox would not be completely rewritten to somehow sit on top of IE.
Anyone can download the source code (program in its orginal human-readable form as written by the developers) to the windows version of firefox just to verify this.
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:46:14 AM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:50:49 AM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: UCANSEE2
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:52:52 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: hsmomx3
FireEye also said running IE in enhanced protection mode, which is only available for IE versions 10 and 11, will protect users from attacks.
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:55:26 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; Still Thinking; ...
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:56:26 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: UCANSEE2
I never installed IE. I don’t have anything resembling IE on my computer.
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posted on
04/28/2014 7:57:26 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: JoeProBono
Thanks for posting this Joe
"FireEye suggests disabling the Adobe Flash plugin because the attacks wont work without it. FireEye also said running IE in enhanced protection mode, which is only available for IE versions 10 and 11, will protect users from attacks...."
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:03:00 AM PDT
by
virgil283
('No king .... but King Jesus')
To: virgil283
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/enhanced-protected-mode-internet-explorer-10
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:07:40 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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To: UCANSEE2
Oh, I don’t think you’re crazy, FRiend. I just wasn’t sure what you meant. Now I do.
Since that’s the case, I don’t know what to do. Suggestions?
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:35:24 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: JoeProBono
The internet is running very slow in IL today. I use FireFox. Some sites load just fine while others don’t load at all. My internet is connected properly and I don’t have malware or viruses. I have heard others say they have experienced problems as well.
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:45:32 AM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: JoeProBono
When you enable protected mode, does it alter the way you view/do things on IE?
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:56:12 AM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: JoeProBono
That link is to an article that is almost ten years old when IE was an integral part of the MS operating system. MS was told by the courts to separate out IE from its operating systems so I’m not sure the article still applies.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:03:45 AM PDT
by
CedarDave
(CNN: The "Crisis News Channel" - all Flight 370 hysteria and global warming blather, all the time.)
To: hsmomx3
Not that I’ve noticed but I very rarely use IE.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:11:11 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
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