Posted on 07/03/2004 9:46:15 PM PDT by Eagle9
That did the trick...........Thanks again !!
Stay safe !!
Anyway, what do I care - I use Firefox ;)
My pleasure ;)
Thanks for clearing that up. I used the "Prompt" option so I'll be abe to see if this ever actually becomes an issue. By the way, I don't see where Microsoft is to blame if IE already has the built in option to turn off this suspicious "navigating."
Thanks for the post. I was running Mozilla 1.1, didn't know it was that old and it was vulnerable so I downloaded v1.7 and that solved the problem.
Yeah. You could certainly make a case that the default setting is too lax, but at least the setting is there and accessible in order to prevent this from happening, and I'm not at all sure that that much is true for other browsers...
This is a browser problem. Firewalls and virus scanners have nothing to do with this problem and won't fix it.
Interestingly, IE failed the test but iRider passed using IE as its rendering engine...
Have you heard of CWShredder? Sorry if this is a dumb question from a non-system admin.
Thanks, it worked for me, too.
You ever hear of A2 squared scanner ? Seems to be a pretty good malware scanner.
But the latest versions of Mozilla & Firefox have this problem fixed; but Internet Explorer is still vunerable - I ran Windows Update 20 minutes ago, and IE still failed that security test.
Anyone know of a good way of updating a version of Mozilla and getting all the mail files and other such prefference to transfer automaticaly. The last time I tried to udate a Mozilla broswer I had to follow all kinds of wierd procedures and copy all the files manualy...and delete some mail files and have them re-created...ect...The biggest pain in the butt I ever saw. With Netscape 4.x all you had to do was transfer your whole profile from one to the other and it was done. This is a real step in the wrong direction for Mozilla IHMO. They should have a way to import an entire profile in one move. I see that you can import somethings...You can import mail from non Mozilla sources, but not from another copy Mozilla...even if it is the same version.(As in transfer from one computer to another) Now that is pathetic. So what is the best way to update from say v1.6 to version 1.7? I know they even want you un-install the old version first. Thanks
If you are using windows 98 then Microsoft offers no fix for this via auto update....or the last big security problem either....Even though it obvioulsy has nothing to do with what version of windows you are using. It is simply defective browswer software.
BUMP!
I've got a Mac, and that page spoofed itself into a MS page, using IE!
I'll try Safari next...
Ed
Wow...that spoof works with Safari, too!
Weird...I openmed and then watched the test MS page, clicked on the Secunidia link, and voila, the frame from them spoofed itself into the MS page!
I hope Mac comes up with a way to stop that...
Ed
AND Safari!
Ed
You are actually calling us cretins because we buy Macintoshes???
What the heck is wrong with you??
Cretin is hardly a word to apply to fellow Freepers who simply choose to buy another OS than the one you use.
Ed
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