Is Internet Explorer 7 Explorer Too Locked Down for You?
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| A store owner in a bad neighborhood must balance safety against
| commerce. Too many locks and bars will keep away customers with
| the crooks. Based on Microsoft Watch reader feedback, Internet
| Explorer 7 sacrifices too much usability in the interest of safety.
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| Many Microsoft Watch readers complain of incompatibilities with
| Web sites, Web services or desktop software. Back in December, I
| wrote about one company's new satellite office devastated by an
| IE 7 upgrade, which knocked out access to CRM and e-mail software.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/how_you_see_internet_explorer_7.html
http://tinyurl.com/2opg76
Just days ago:
Way Too ActiveX
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| Today, over at Symantec's Security Response Weblog, Greg Ahmad
| reveals startling--and I do mean shocking--increases in ActiveX
| vulnerabilities. According to Symantec, ActiveX vulnerabilities
| stayed in the 12- to- 15-a-year range from 2002 to 2005. For
| 2006, the number of vulnerabilities "reached 50," with 42 in
| the second half of the year--coincidentally, the same time
| period Microsoft finished up and released Internet Explorer 7.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/way_too_activex.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/33cfno
Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw
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| All recent versions of Windows are vulnerable when all recent
| versions of IE, including IE 7, are in use, according to Microsoft.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6150642.html
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