Still on IE?
Time to move.
(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - For those still on Microsoft Internet Explorer, perhaps now would be a good time to consider other options. Hackers have found a hole in IE’s security that stretches through versions 5 through 8 beta, and experts have a fix — find another browser:
Users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed.
The flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer could allow criminals to take control of people’s computers and steal their passwords, internet experts say. …
Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said the “underlying vulnerability” was present in all versions of the browser.
Other browsers, such as Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, are not vulnerable to the flaw Microsoft has identified.
posted by BP News Bureau | 12:12 PM
3 Comments:
This isn't really news. Internet Explorer has been nothing but a virus and malware breeding ground for as long as it has existed. If you use Internet Explorer to browse the web, you pretty much deserve what you get, which will be a menagerie of spy-ware, ad-ware, trojan horses, key loggers, and everything else you find in the bottom of the urinal that is the world wide web's underbelly.
None of the web browsers are all that great. The body that sets the standards for web content, the World Wide Web Consortium (w3c) has established a number of standards for HTML, CSS and javascript. The standards are promptly ignore by all of the browsers. They all take great license in interpreting the various components that go into making up a web page. Firefox, Opera, and Safari are all the closest to one another as far as presentation of web pages and specialty functions (javascript, flash, etc). Microsoft, as usual, does things differently and insists everyone else should do it their way.
Firefox is the commodity version of the Mozilla browser, Mozilla being the last remnant of the once mighty Netscape. Firefox is, hands down, the best browser out there. Opera is an independent effort, and a very nice browser. Safari is Apple's browser. They make a Windows version available, probably just to piss Microsoft off. The Mac version of Safari is very, very nice, the Windows version is no better than Opera or Firefox. Chrome is Google's entry into the browser world. I have stayed away from it, simply because of Google's chomp-and-gobble mentality. I want my browser to be a browser. I don't need it to be everything else. That being said, I have no idea with regard to Chrome's quality as a browser. I've heard that it has a nasty tendency to freeze up and take your Windows session with it. Imagine that.
I've heard people say that they use IE because some content doesn't seem to work right in the other browsers. My answer to that is, if only IE can get it, you don't want it.
From Hot Air:
Microsoft says it will have an emergency patch ready quickly to end the exploit of its system. They disagreed with recommendations to stop using the browser, saying — I’m not making this up — “I cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw,” said John Curran, head of Microsoft UK’s Windows group. One flaw? That’s a might big singularity, and the fact that it doesn’t occur on other browsers and that it does on several versions of IE reflects poorly on Microsoft’s programmers and researchers.
I stopped using IE a few months ago. It’s easier for me to use two different browsers, one for web surfing and the other for blog management tools. I prefer Firefox for the latter, but used to use IE for surfing until I became so frustrated with its bugs and hangs that I just couldn’t stand using it. I flirted with Safari, which also was a bit buggy but not bad. Later, I settled on Opera and have had no problems at all with its operation. It’s now my default browser.
After this, I suspect that more people will find their way to alternate browsers. They’ll be pleasantly surprised, and Microsoft may not get them back.
Steve, why bash Microsoft for a piece of software they spend millions on to only give away and install for your convenience. You need to stick to politics and don't pose as someone who knows something about technology. Your Microsoft bashing. You know nothing about software development post is simply the pop culture of or vulnerabilities. But you do know better than believing everything you read from the drive-by's though???
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