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Ah HA!
Those of you that thought you were safe with Firefox may not be so safe. I have said it once and I will say it again. Once a product hits the masses people will find a way to exploit security hole in it.
Posted by: bobiroc   Posted on: 02/09/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Ah HA!  bobiroc | 02/09/05
true but....  Nullifidian | 02/09/05
This is no surprise  doctormoriarty | 02/09/05
The problem is IE  htotten | 02/09/05
Read the story, not the headline  BitTwiddler | 02/09/05
good news  bugmenotznet | 02/10/05
At least it's not insecure by design....  Jomo_z | 02/10/05
Not quite  wresnick | 02/11/05
brittany_spears.xpi  osreinstall | 02/09/05
It was only a matter of time  htotten | 02/09/05
And those of us who support Firefox will say...  nucrash | 02/09/05
And if Opera  htotten | 02/09/05
Re: And those of us who support firefox  alterego_z | 02/09/05
On top of it?  PA-ITGuy | 02/09/05
Or an exploit  alterego_z | 02/09/05
Ahhh...  PA-ITGuy | 02/09/05
You're right of course  Michael Kelly | 02/09/05
Have some patch links.  Letophoro | 02/10/05
My questions is...  PA-ITGuy | 02/10/05
Stability  Letophoro | 02/10/05
Yeah, but it's not a flaw in the traditional sense...  jvahabzadeh | 02/10/05
Wrong flaw...  PA-ITGuy | 02/10/05
Oh!  jvahabzadeh | 02/10/05
And..  d_jedi | 02/09/05
Well..  Jeff Spicoli | 02/09/05
Will Wonders Ever Cease!!! Good Post Jeff...  tbbrickster_z | 02/10/05
Thank you Brickster  Jeff Spicoli | 02/10/05
When the first IE flaw was found...  Mack DaNife | 02/10/05
My point was..  d_jedi | 02/10/05
and so it goes  tony_da_tyger | 02/09/05
Your last sentence tells it all...  BitTwiddler | 02/09/05
The headlines here are AWFUL!  BitTwiddler | 02/09/05
Is the spyware multi-platform?  worknman | 02/09/05
OS at fault  hipparchus2000 | 02/09/05
Troll  d_jedi | 02/09/05
The question is...  tic swayback | 02/09/05
I believe..  d_jedi | 02/09/05
Microsoft was SO close!  NonZealot | 02/09/05
Even though...  Mack DaNife | 02/10/05
Right click then Left click is cumbersome?  NonZealot | 02/10/05
What makes it cumbersome...  Michael Kelly | 02/10/05
Defaults kill XP  NonZealot | 02/09/05
Which version of windows are you smoking?  jimbo_z | 02/09/05
Run Spyware As happy NT  Zoraster | 02/09/05
yes but this is not the default when you install Windows XP home  hipparchus2000 | 02/09/05
Less of a pain in the...  PA-ITGuy | 02/09/05
Maybe home is different than Pro  NonZealot | 02/09/05
He must be smoking XP home edition  Hugh Jass | 02/09/05
One tiny correction  NonZealot | 02/09/05
You're right - I made the assumption that  Hugh Jass | 02/09/05
Oh yeah, I forgot!!  NonZealot | 02/09/05
moms and dads will not do this  hipparchus2000 | 02/10/05
RE: Troll  richdave | 02/10/05
To be fair  NonZealot | 02/09/05
Infected Infectious or Infectable  Zoraster | 02/09/05
Many M$ Pgms Require Admin Logon  tbbrickster_z | 02/10/05
This MDollarSign's fault how?  NonZealot | 02/10/05
Is this spyware multip-platform?  worknman | 02/09/05
Most likely it will only run on Windows  Hugh Jass | 02/09/05
I thought this was an XPI file/Mozilla extension ...  worknman | 02/10/05
Not all of them do  Michael Kelly | 02/10/05
The proof of the pudding is in the offing  whisperycat | 02/09/05
I've gotten spyware with Firefox  voska | 02/09/05
cookies != spyware  boxmonkey | 02/09/05
True enough  voska | 02/10/05
Yes, but  wresnick | 02/11/05
I haven't gotten anything yet  Michael Kelly | 02/09/05
Roll with the punches  raymanjr | 02/09/05
That's the problem though...  Michael Kelly | 02/09/05
It will be months before most get Firefox patches  NonZealot | 02/09/05
Still I have hope...  Michael Kelly | 02/09/05
what patch is possible?  hipparchus2000 | 02/10/05
HUH!!! Whatabout the Nightly Builds???  tbbrickster_z | 02/10/05
Great! You found a nightly build page!  Michael Kelly | 02/10/05
Nightly builds  PA-ITGuy | 02/10/05
Ya know what...  ReFoRMaT | 02/09/05
Still all comes down to $.  bfsunny | 02/09/05
Firefox needs to be more careful  Roger Ramjet | 02/10/05
but firefox doesn't do this on platforms other than windows  hipparchus2000 | 02/10/05
No where in this article...  ShadeTree | 02/10/05
Nice FUD  ITGuy04 | 02/10/05
What *Else* Didja Expect From ZDNet?  tbbrickster_z | 02/10/05
The average user using Firefox is not an idiot  cppsolutions | 02/10/05
Spoken like a true...  ShadeTree | 02/10/05
For now I think he is mostly right  NonZealot | 02/10/05
To add to what I said though...  NonZealot | 02/10/05
A..rather profound insight  Jeff Spicoli | 02/10/05
Should the headline have been...  Omch'Ar | 02/10/05
Why under the table?  rapson | 02/10/05

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