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More on MS Security, not likely to be reported on ZDNet

or Ou's blog;-)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/
internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html

"For a total 284 days in 2006 (or more than nine months out of the year), exploit
code for known, unpatched critical flaws in pre-IE7 versions of the browser was
publicly available on the Internet. Likewise, there were at least 98 days last year in
which no software fixes from Microsoft were available to fix IE flaws that criminals
were actively using to steal personal and financial data from users."

"Security" and "windows" should not be used in the same sentence.

Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 01/07/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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