OFFICIAL - Anything but MSIE FTW

[AboveTheSalt]

Users of the world's most common web browser have been advised to switch to another browser until a serious security flaw has been fixed.
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Microsoft says it has detected attacks against version seven of the browser - its most widely used edition. But the company warned that other versions were also potentially vulnerable. (LINK)

Why would anyone bother to switch back?

[divine]

Official according to 'Trend Micro'.

[AboveTheSalt]

Originally Posted by divine

Official according to 'Trend Micro'.

That's true; Microsoft do seem to be keeping remarkably quiet about the problem and certainly aren't encouraging their users to abandon MSIE in favour of Firefox, even in their suggested workarounds - Link.

[divine]

It's quite a misleading article actually as it very much created the impression (with me at least) that it was Microsoft recommending the change. It was only my second read through that I really noticed the bit at the bottom about it being an advisor from Trend Micro recommending that.

[phykell]

I recommend that users of Trend Micro switch to another AV product because PC-cillin is a massively over-weight application that hogs anything less than a quad core high-performance PC. Sorry, but I'd rather deal with a virus if I'm unlucky enough to get one than infect my system with a resource-killing application such as PC-cillin.

As for MSIE - that's scary stuff indeed

It's ridiculous how linked in to the O/S MSIE is. The O/S should provide the security, the browser should operate within that framework.

[iCraig]

Good, in a way, hopefully this will be another nice shove to getting people on better, more compliant browser. My job will be a lot easier if Firefox become the market leader.

[phykell]

Originally Posted by iCraig

Good, in a way, hopefully this will be another nice shove to getting people on better, more compliant browser. My job will be a lot easier if Firefox become the market leader.

Don't hold your breath. I imagine more and more SaaS apps to be deployed on the IE platform and as a result, it will maintain its position, for many years yet, as the corporate choice; and try convincing an organisation who rely on Sharepoint and products such as MS Dynamics that they should use FF or Opera.

[Aboobie]

Absolutely nothing wrong with IE 7. Pretty quick, very compatible, I don't use add-ons and just works straight from the tin.

Before anyone shouts noob bias, I'll add I have an MSc in Software Developent with Distinction and 6 years J2EE development.

I'll add I'm not surprised by another anti MS article from the BBC; how they've not been picked up on their agenda yet is unfathomable.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Abooie

Absolutely nothing wrong with IE 7

Did you not read the opening link?

The one where Microsoft recommend pretty much crippling your browser and user account because there is a gaping hole in IE7, IE8 and probably IE6?

[Aboobie]

Originally Posted by divine

Did you not read the opening link?

The one where Microsoft recommend pretty much crippling your browser and user account because there is a gaping hole in IE7, IE8 and probably IE6?

There's a security flaw they've admitted to that will soon be fixed; hardly means it's bad per se.

Here's a list of firefox security vulnerabilities: http://www.mozilla.org/security/know...firefox30.html

Let's not get hung up on any of these as they're not MS though.