I found this picture amusing! :) [bbzzdd] [internet explorer]
Q: D (http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/guy/guy-internet_explorer.jpg)
Re:<– will jump ship when FF is supported by Yahoo Companion.
tick… tock… tick.. tock…
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes ?
Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.
from here (http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20041013/gatesqa13.art.htm)
Mhahahhaaa.
Now that's funny. Of course the third party software is viruses, worms, and spyware that get installed thru the holes in Internet Explorer. How can one man be full of so much crap?
Um… he's right for the most part. Gator and crap like that is all third-party software that people click YES to when a popup appears telling them that the website is trying to install third-party software on their machine. Yes there are other security risks in IE, but the majority are the users own fault.
He is LYING, lie lie lie lie lie lie. He is full of crap. 100% BS.
And you know it.
I can find you DOZENS of exploits that required NO user intervention that have been found, exploited, and patched over the years.
Sure IE can be exploited with more frequency using exploits that tricked users into doing things that SHOULD be safe, but are NOT. Is that the users fault that they beleived MS was better at making software then they realy were?
Bill Gates made a bold face lie. He knew it, I know it, you should know it. In fact I can't even beleive that your defending him, that's why I am bothering to reply at all. It's simply amazing that all thru the years and hundreds of IE holes that you can type out a defense and act all serious about it.
Here is just a sample:
This is a dynamicly created webpage, so I can't link directly to it.
but go here (http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/vendor/), select microsoft for the vendor, select internet explorer for "title", version "any". There are over 200 individual vunerabilities in that listing that came into existance since the year 2000.
I am sure that there are several that don't require any user intervention, other then clicking on a pop-up or visiting a malicious web page. And Clicking on a pop-up DOES NOT EQUAL clueless luser behavior. It's something that you SHOULD be able to do with no fear of installing software or getting hacked. (unless the pop up says "I want to install software on your computer Yes or NO", which the VAST majority of them DO NOT)
If you need more proof. Check out this place (http://www.osvdb.org/browse.php?c=M&page=11).
On the "M" section of this overall database of software vunerabilities, from all software vendors from everywere (overall database that attempts to document ALL vunerabilites) , Microsoft Internet Explorer vunerabilities comprises the vast majority of the pages numbered 11 thru 16. That's internet explorer ALONE.
The statement that vunerabilities in Internet Explorer is caused mostly by installing third party software is CRAP.
I normally would use stronger words, but that would result in a banning.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes ?
Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.
from here (http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20041013/gatesqa13.art.htm)
Mhahahhaaa.
Now that's funny. Of course the third party software is viruses, worms, and spyware that get installed thru the holes in Internet Explorer. How can one man be full of so much crap?
Um… he's right for the most part. Gator and crap like that is all third-party software that people click YES to when a popup appears telling them that the website is trying to install third-party software on their machine. Yes there are other security risks in IE, but the majority are the users own fault.
Re:Right on.
:thumbsup:
Re:Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes ?
Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software.
from here (http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20041013/gatesqa13.art.htm)
Mhahahhaaa.
Now that's funny. Of course the third party software is viruses, worms, and spyware that get installed thru the holes in Internet Explorer. How can one man be full of so much crap?
Q: There is talk of a Google browser. Internet Explorer has had its security woes. How do you keep users?
Gates: More has been invested in making IE secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot. Nothing is going to change. That's the one over 90% of people are going to keep using.
Of course this is just sad.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
BTW, here (http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/aawtf.jpg) is the results of an AdAware scan on my rig.
- M4H
dude that same one pops up on my scans EVERY time and it's a PITA to uncheck that one every single time
Re::thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Re:BTW, here (http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mercenaryforhire/aawtf.jpg) is the results of an AdAware scan on my rig.
- M4H
Re:Nm, I figured it out. yay!
Re:"Don't blame the software because you suck at using it."
Not directed at anyone in particular.
- M4H
Re:btw guys, I just DL the newest version of FF. How do I get the tabs to be persistant? As in, how do I set 4 tabs to go to 4 certain websites, close the browser, and have the 4 same tabs repopulate with the same websites? I didnt see this in options, but I'm sure I'm overlooking something.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
…but isnt spyware making its way to firefox now too?
Ah, but it's nearly impossible to accidentally install. PR1.0 has a whitelist anyway, so only "approved" sites can install extensions.
Re:LOL
How appropriate, I just had to fix a friends computer they were all worried because it was slow. First thing I did; open up IE. At 1024×768 resolution over half the screen was toolbars. Adaware found over 1000 critcal objects I was just blown away and thought his was bad….
Re:Very slowly. In all my time using FF (3 years), I have only seen one. And it's from a site that deals with illicit activities. In any case, it asked to install the toolbar, so it was a easy job to cancel it.
Re:…but isnt spyware making its way to firefox now too?
Re:try FF. Its worth it.
I've removed as many as 10,000 spyware traces, so i doubt that's a lie.
Re:Lol..just lol…
I have never used firefox or any other browser escape netscape besides IE. And I have no intention to, its just that im too lazy to try it out
Re:I'll bet this guy still types w-w-w-.-g-o-o-g-l-e-.-c-o-m into his Address line.
Re:Haha, but unless you're computer challenged that won't happen. I just have a google bar, and the stuff at the top is arranged in the most minimal way that I find reasonable.
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg844y/myIEsetup.jpg
Re:Whatever it is it makes its point and it's funny
Re:whoa, 152000 items????
is that legit or a chop?
Re:I'm surprised that someone could even get a screenshot of that browser without crashing that computer…unless of course photoshop took the screenshot
Re:that's a lot of toolbars! :Q
funny though
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