Friday, January 14, 2005
Oh, carp, not again. IE can silently download malicious content.
Yes, Microsoft fixed a bug like this in last Tuesday's patches. This is a new one. If you want details, see the Infoworld article about Internet Explorer's vulnerability to malicious downloads.
The bad news is there's no fix for this yet. The good news is that there's no word yet of bad guys actually taking advantage of the bug (but wait a few days, they'll catch up).
I'm not going to waste electrons talking about workarounds within Internet Explorer. Until Microsoft does a major redesign, running IE is like letting Lucy hold a football while you come running up to kick it. Switch to a different web browser. The one I recommend for most people is Firefox.
Does Firefox seem like a big jump? It's really simple. Firefox will import your bookmarks and other settings. Check out this guide to converting from Internet Explorer to Firefox at a newsletter called "The Main Thing". You can just jump right in and install, but if you feel more comfortable reading something first then it's a good list.
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The bad news is there's no fix for this yet. The good news is that there's no word yet of bad guys actually taking advantage of the bug (but wait a few days, they'll catch up).
I'm not going to waste electrons talking about workarounds within Internet Explorer. Until Microsoft does a major redesign, running IE is like letting Lucy hold a football while you come running up to kick it. Switch to a different web browser. The one I recommend for most people is Firefox.
Does Firefox seem like a big jump? It's really simple. Firefox will import your bookmarks and other settings. Check out this guide to converting from Internet Explorer to Firefox at a newsletter called "The Main Thing". You can just jump right in and install, but if you feel more comfortable reading something first then it's a good list.
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