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.

[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?

[NokkonWud]

Well, there obviously is something wrong with it . Microsoft said so and the people who have been stung will also tell you the same.

Even if nothing was wrong with it it's still out performed by many other browsers, uglier and less inviting to use than Firefox. I've used Firefox for years now and can't ever see me going back to IE, I just don't like it.

[Daz]

Originally Posted by Abooie

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.

Then I'm sorry Booie but you should know IE7 is 'very compatible' because designers have had to case a lot of code specifically for it, and that isn't right.

I'm a fan of MS, make no mistake, but considering the browser share they have simply by association with Windows, they just haven't done good enough with IE - both in terms of standards compliance and security. IE7 is better than IE6, and hopefully IE8 will be better still, but there are definitely things wrong with IE7 - just as there is with Firefox, Safari and Opera, but at least their standards compliance is leaps better than IE.