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Microsoft Plugs IE; Warns All Browsers At Risk (Test Your Browser Here)
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| July 2, 2004
| Gregg Keizer
Posted on 07/03/2004 9:46:15 PM PDT by Eagle9
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I'm using Mozilla FireFox 0.9.1 as my browser. I took the browser test in the last paragraph. My browser passed the test with no problem. That leads me to believe that this version of FireFox was not vulnerable to this particular attack.
I have downloaded and installed the latest critical update from Microsoft for IE 6.0. My IE 6.0 browser did not pass this test.
Test your browser.
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:46:15 PM PDT
by
Eagle9
To: Eagle9
Makes me glad I have a Mac-
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:50:00 PM PDT
by
mean lunch lady
("There is a light at the end of the tunnel - Oh, no, it's a train.")
To: Eagle9
Mozilla 1.7 under Windows does not seem to be vulnerable.
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:52:55 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:55:10 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Eagle9
Hmm, even the previous Netscape Browser (7.1) is vulnerable...that is surprising.
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:55:56 PM PDT
by
swilhelm73
(We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.")
To: Eagle9
As if to prove the point that security is like the Dutch boy at the dike, Thank God I have taken more effective measures to alleviate my system from such concerns. (without giving up the usability given by IE)
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:56:18 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Eagle9
I tried it with Opera 7.51 identifying itself as Mozilla. It failed.
However, when I try to open my bank account with Opera, it won't work if Opera identifies itself as Opera, only as Mozilla. Weird.
To: mean lunch lady
Makes me glad I have a Mac- I know how you feel, for the other day I purchased a "Big" Mac and it sated me for hours.
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:59:23 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: mean lunch lady
No problems on linux either
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posted on
07/03/2004 9:59:59 PM PDT
by
P8riot
(A gun is just a substitute for a penis, so when attacked by a mugger one should pull out a..........)
To: Eagle9
How do we know that "checking" our browser is safe?
I'm not the most computer savvy guy around..
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:00:43 PM PDT
by
Ethrane
("semper consolar")
To: DeFault User
Well, I do use Incompetent Explorer but so far haven't had any problems I'm aware of. Norton seems to keep me safe. Of course, this doesn't mean that I don't think that Microsoft are a bunch of greedy incompetents.
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:02:08 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(If Bush wins, our enemies will glow in the dark. If Kerry wins, we will.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Yeah...about Norton...
I use Norton Internet security...
Should this cover the vulnerability??
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:03:23 PM PDT
by
Ethrane
("semper consolar")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; ShadowAce; backhoe; TechJunkYard; Golden Eagle; Bush2000; Nick Danger
Updated info Ping.
It seems to me that there is a contradiction in this article, or it's addressing two separate issues.
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:03:52 PM PDT
by
Eagle9
To: Eagle9
"Test your browser."
Internet Explorer failed. Firefox passed.
To: Eagle9
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:05:08 PM PDT
by
First_Salute
(May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: EGPWS
Better you than me, I haven't eaten at Mickey D's for over 5 years and I am not planning to. Not only do I believe their food is bad for people, I resent the way they target kids in their advertising.
Oh,yeah, and I'm real mad at them for forcing fat people to eat there and get health problems for which they have to sue for lots of money. I haven't figured out yet how the money heals them, but it must do something, right?
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:06:55 PM PDT
by
mean lunch lady
("There is a light at the end of the tunnel - Oh, no, it's a train.")
To: Eagle9
Iam using mozilla 1.7 after dumping IE last week. I took the test and mozilla passed.
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:08:13 PM PDT
by
suzyq5558
(Slicks bracelet is a secret mood ring when its red he's fondly remembering the KSNAP of the thong)
To: Ethrane
There is a link in the last paragraph. Click that link and follow the instructions. This test is for one vulnerability only.
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:09:23 PM PDT
by
Eagle9
To: Eagle9; All
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:10:47 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Sunset...)
To: mean lunch lady; Swordmaker
ALERT
This vulnerability is in Microsoft Internet Explorer v.5.2.x for the Mac, too!
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posted on
07/03/2004 10:18:31 PM PDT
by
First_Salute
(May God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
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