The Highlander Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Unofficial Patches for IE6 Available Two well-respected Internet security companies have shipped unofficial patches for a critical flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser a full two weeks before the software maker's scheduled release of a comprehensive update. With a wave of zero day attacksunderway, eEye Digital Security and Determina offered separate hotfixes to provide temporary protection for IE users, but experts warn that the third-party patches carry a "buyer beware" tag. As a general rule, Microsoft never recommends third-party updates because, without rigorous quality assurance testing, it is impossible to know what impact the unofficial fix might have on applications mandated in regulated industries or in-house applications. IE7 does not have this issue Full story here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn98109 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Unofficial Patches for IE6 AvailableTwo well-respected Internet security companies have shipped unofficial patches for a critical flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser a full two weeks before the software maker's scheduled release of a comprehensive update. With a wave of zero day attacksunderway, eEye Digital Security and Determina offered separate hotfixes to provide temporary protection for IE users, but experts warn that the third-party patches carry a "buyer beware" tag. As a general rule, Microsoft never recommends third-party updates because, without rigorous quality assurance testing, it is impossible to know what impact the unofficial fix might have on applications mandated in regulated industries or in-house applications. IE7 does not have this issue Full story here Yeah ... look where non-Microsoft-approved patches got Sony's DRM program ... Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 As a general rule, Microsoft never recommends third-party updates because, without rigorous quality assurance testing, it is impossible to know what impact the unofficial fix might have on applications mandated in regulated industries or in-house applications. . . . and Micro$oft's software has rigorous quality assurance testing ? ? These patches are required because their rigorous quality assurance testing failed abysmally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Not only has their security testing on IE6 fail miserably, but their entire operating system security has fail as well. That's why there are so many on-going MS patches and 3rd party security programs out there for you to buy. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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