____/ Linonut on Friday 21 September 2007 16:18 : \____
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http://www.channelinsider.com/article/Firefox+Wont+Save+You+from+IE+Flaws/215558_1.aspx
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> Running Firefox or Opera as a default browser won't save you from
> unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerabilities -- a fact made explicit
> when a researcher showed how easy it is to put HTML inside files
> supported by Windows Media Player
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> "Many users don't realize that they are running IE most of the time,
> although their default browser is Firefox, Opera, Safari or whatever
> it might be," he said.
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> Petkov told eWEEK that the best way to protect a system from the
> Windows Media Player vulnerability is to upgrade to Windows Media
> Player 10 or 11.
>
> Personally, I think I'd just run Linux, and save the Billy Box for
> occasional usage on broken sites, or for games or applications that
> require support from Monopoly Software (MS).
Carla S said this not so long ago. The problem is Windows and its handling of,
well... just quite a few things which had user-friendliness in mind but no
streetsmarts whatsoever.
If someone requires security, /any/ browser on Linux would do.
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