0-Day Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Threatens Windows XP

[stevejnb]

Yikes... Ok, I guess IE is out. Could some of you who say this is reason to not use IE direct me to.the browser that you use,which obviously must not have any security holes or other issues? Thanks.

 

[Camikazi]

Yikes... Ok, I guess IE is out. Could some of you who say this is reason to not use IE direct me to.the browser that you use,which obviously must not have any security holes or other issues? Thanks.

Might as well leave the internet now if you want a browser with no security holes or other issues because they do not exist.

 

[stevejnb]

Yikes... Ok, I guess IE is out. Could some of you who say this is reason to not use IE direct me to.the browser that you use,which obviously must not have any security holes or other issues? Thanks.

Might as well leave the internet now if you want a browser with no security holes or other issues because they do not exist.

Oh, I know. I'm just constantly amazed at how many people use bug ridden, unsecure browsers but scream bloody murder any time a Microsoft product is revraaled to have an issue. Curious to know what the people who apparently jump ship every time a browser is shown to have a security hole use - that must be quite the browser that is not IE, Chrome, Mozilla, Safari, or Opera. Maybe Dolphin? I don't know much about it. That must be the mythical secure browser.

 

[dextermat]

And that's just the tip of the iceberg, their must be tons of zero days with any version of internet explorer anyways. Even worse if you use java and 3rd party junk programs like them.

 

[thejohnson]

zero-day? this is over 3 years old how can they call this zero day they knew about this problem and said it was not a threat, now that XP support is gone they say it is a huge threat but we won't fix it for xp.
This was planned to make sure they had something to kill XP with.

Very good point! Oh Day sploits are unknown in general, but this, as you've said has been known about for years, yet not patched. Maybe XP has some features about it that are rather secure and MS wants to phase it out permanently? To my knowledge XP is officially no longer supported. It's all still proprietary code, no one except MS has the source, to their protection

 

[jimmysmitty]

And that's just the tip of the iceberg, their must be tons of zero days with any version of internet explorer anyways. Even worse if you use java and 3rd party junk programs like them.

You mean the same Java that is needed for certain websites on any browser? Or even Flash?

I just find it funny that people will load up Chrome and trash IE when Chrome has had as bad if not worse bugs and tracks the living crap out of you. Or the same can be said about Firefox. There was a day when Firefox was faster, more stable and secure but that day does not exist anymore. These days most browsers are within milliseconds of each other, which we will never notice, and have the same amount of security threats because they are popular enough for those hackers and exploiters to mess with.

zero-day? this is over 3 years old how can they call this zero day they knew about this problem and said it was not a threat, now that XP support is gone they say it is a huge threat but we won't fix it for xp.
This was planned to make sure they had something to kill XP with.

Very good point! Oh Day sploits are unknown in general, but this, as you've said has been known about for years, yet not patched. Maybe XP has some features about it that are rather secure and MS wants to phase it out permanently? To my knowledge XP is officially no longer supported. It's all still proprietary code, no one except MS has the source, to their protection

There are multiple versions of the same exploit. One can be patched, another can be found. Sort of like the various versions of the FBI Virus that goes around.

 

[knowom]

yet another reason Internet Explorer is only good for downloading a normal browser...

I don't even use it for that can just keep Mozilla or Chrome on a thumb drive and avoid that trash all together.

 

[MidnightDistort]

I usually will keep at least 3 browsers installed, Chrome, Firefox and have Explorer just in case, there's always something i will need IE for as well so this is nothing new. Just keep up on the news when a browser or something goes awry and avoid using it. I do the same thing with system updates. I wait a while for anything that goes wrong and then install it by the end of the cycle. Also i don't click on strange links from unknown sources. I only got a virus or malware infection one time and that was during when adblock plus was not working right. You can get viruses from ads as well, at least in my experience i have.