Maxthon ver 1.6 as a substitute for IE6
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From: Roger Fink on 19 Jan 2010 08:25 PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > Roger Fink wrote: >> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: >>> Post your questions here: http://forum.maxthon.com/index.php >>> >>> IE is part & parcel of the Windows OS. Use any browser you want but >>> your computer's still subject to any/all unaddresssed security >>> vulnerabilites, Roger. >>> >>> PS: Extended Support for Win2K ends in June 2010. When that >>> happens, there will be NO further security updates for your >>> computer, no matter what IE version is installed. >> >> Ergo? > > No more Cumulative Security Updates for IE, for one. Well I don't really use IE6 for anything anymore. Maxthon has an add-on to access WU, not that that will matter much down the road. But I don't want to continue to use it if the browser is vulnerable to the same attacks that plague IE6, which is what prompted the initial post.
From: Roger Fink on 19 Jan 2010 09:09 Jerry wrote: > Maxrhon is not a replacement for IE as it uses the IE browwsing engine > and is just a change in the UI. > Does that mean that the same patches released for IE6 have been effective pn Maxthon?
From: 98 Guy on 19 Jan 2010 10:01 "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: > >> PS: Extended Support for Win2K ends in June 2010. > >> When that happens, there will be NO further security updates > >> for your computer > > > > Ergo? > > No more Cumulative Security Updates for IE, for one. What it also means is that after June 2010, you're safer (from a drive-by exploit POV) running Win-98 than you are running win-2k. Reason: malware written to exploit IE6 vulnerabilities will most likely not function properly on win-98 with IE6-sp1 vs win-2k. This has probably *always* been the case, but it becomes more relevant after June this year.
From: MEB on 19 Jan 2010 13:12 On 01/19/2010 10:01 AM, 98 Guy wrote: > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: > >>>> PS: Extended Support for Win2K ends in June 2010. >>>> When that happens, there will be NO further security updates >>>> for your computer >>> >>> Ergo? >> >> No more Cumulative Security Updates for IE, for one. > > What it also means is that after June 2010, you're safer (from a > drive-by exploit POV) running Win-98 than you are running win-2k. > > Reason: malware written to exploit IE6 vulnerabilities will most likely > not function properly on win-98 with IE6-sp1 vs win-2k. This has > probably *always* been the case, but it becomes more relevant after June > this year. Wait a minute 98 Guy, on one hand *you recommend* installation of *IE6 updates from W2K* into Win9X [you have repeatedly done that in the win98.gen_discussion group], and here you state that leaving Win98 IE6 at SP1 EOL level provides protection... I previously made similar statements wherein I said I had previously thought I would NEVER recommend IE6 installation in a discussion relating to FF2 at its EOL [.20] which has severe vulnerabilities, which made IE6 SP1 a better recommendation, due in part to most newer IE6 attacks attempting to address the NT aspects and *newer flaws* instilled via the updates AFTER IE6 SP1 at Win98 EOL level. And in others where *you* specifically argued and recommended these installations of W2K update files into 9X IE6 REGARDLESS of any new vulnerabilities these might install. So perhaps you might want to explain/clarify *your* obviously conflicting statements and apparent recommendations. On the other hand, it takes a malicious website a few milliseconds to determine *exactly* what a browser supports and what OS is being run [do to what the OS supports/offers within it], hence its vulnerabilities, so... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___---
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 19 Jan 2010 17:31
Roger Fink wrote:: >>>> Post your questions here: http://forum.maxthon.com/index.php >>>> >>>> IE is part & parcel of the Windows OS. Use any browser you want but >>>> your computer's still subject to any/all unaddresssed security >>>> vulnerabilites, Roger. >>>> >>>> PS: Extended Support for Win2K ends in June 2010. When that >>>> happens, there will be NO further security updates for your >>>> computer, no matter what IE version is installed. >>> >>> Ergo? >> >> No more Cumulative Security Updates for IE, for one. > > Well I don't really use IE6 for anything anymore... You may not use it but Windows does! IE is part and parcel of your OS. |