Ijar Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 F/F: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/04/..._malware_1.html I/E: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm Is any browser safe? these days!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknis Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 F/F: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/04/..._malware_1.html I/E: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7784908.stm Is any browser safe? these days!!!!! If it is today, it probably won't be tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Actually that Firefox problem dates back to the end of November/beginning of December and has already been addressed The MS one on the other hand (according to Symantec) dates back at least eight YEARS and was only addressed recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrallas Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 If it is today, it probably won't be tomorrow. Precisely. I think that there are people out there who make as their goal finding the weak spots in a browser and exploiting it. In a somewhat similar vein, people do this with copy protection in dvds -- any advance in protection is parsed and examined to see how it can be "broken." Keeps Macrovision lawyers fully employed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijar Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Precisely. I think that there are people out there who make as their goal finding the weak spots in a browser and exploiting it. In a somewhat similar vein, people do this with copy protection in dvds -- any advance in protection is parsed and examined to see how it can be "broken." Keeps Macrovision lawyers fully employed. These people should be caught and banished to another galaxy…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 These people should be caught and banished to another galaxy…. The lawyers, the hackers or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijar Posted December 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 The lawyers, the hackers or both? Both I think... Surely MS can afford to employ more PI's to chase these rogues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 And take a dent in their profits?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ijar Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Some dent!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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