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From: John Hacker Jr on 16 Jan 2010 16:40 Now this must be the news of 2010 After nearly 10 years of unlimited patches, hotfixes and service Packs, IE is still a weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems. Either M$ is now threatened by Googles rise to prominence or IE is completely rubbish. Either way we should start taking instructions from the German government if this article is anything to go by. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8463516.stm> Is google's search engine more powerful than M$ Bing?
From: mayayana on 16 Jan 2010 18:39 > Now this must be the news of 2010 > and 2011....and 2012.... IE problems are almost weekly. There's no news there. People want convenience. They want entertainment. They want to check their gmail, edit their Facebook, watch silly videos, and shop online. They don't want to learn new tools. So they use IE and enable script. The real surprise is that so many people in high tech places -- people who should know better -- are using IE and have script enabled. What hope is there for the mainstream if the people in the know are so lazy?
From: Tony Toews [MVP] on 16 Jan 2010 20:38 John Hacker <Jr> <xfsgpr(a)googlemaiI.com> wrote: >After nearly 10 years of unlimited patches, hotfixes and service Packs, >IE is still a weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems. "So far, Microsoft "has not seen widespread customer impact, rather only targeted and limited attacks exploiting Internet Explorer 6"" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8460819.stm Someone is still running IE 6? Firefox and Mac OSs have just as many security vulnerabilities and patches as IE and Windows. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/
From: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] on 16 Jan 2010 20:51 "Never argue with an idiot, they will just bring you down to their level and then beat you with experience." -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. ALWAYS post your Outlook version. How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 After furious head scratching, Tony Toews [MVP] asked: | John Hacker <Jr> <xfsgpr(a)googlemaiI.com> wrote: | || After nearly 10 years of unlimited patches, hotfixes and service || Packs, IE is still a weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems. | | "So far, Microsoft "has not seen widespread customer impact, rather | only targeted and limited attacks exploiting Internet Explorer 6"" | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8460819.stm | | Someone is still running IE 6? | | Firefox and Mac OSs have just as many security vulnerabilities and | patches as IE and Windows. | | Tony
From: Hot-text on 16 Jan 2010 20:52
Someone is still running IE 6? I RUN IE 6 on Windows 98 And I not the ONLY ONE! "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews(a)telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:09q4l5dt75kefk6fjpn08279b7b0n73qmn(a)4ax.com... > John Hacker <Jr> <xfsgpr(a)googlemaiI.com> wrote: > >>After nearly 10 years of unlimited patches, hotfixes and service Packs, >>IE is still a weak link in recent attacks on Google's systems. > > "So far, Microsoft "has not seen widespread customer impact, rather > only targeted and limited attacks exploiting Internet Explorer 6"" > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8460819.stm > > Someone is still running IE 6? > > Firefox and Mac OSs have just as many security vulnerabilities and > patches as IE and Windows. > > Tony > -- > Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP > Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm > Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ > For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files > updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/ > Granite Fleet Manager http://www.granitefleet.com/ |