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Yet more Microsoft Windows ActiveX Vulnerabilities?
Folks, the evidence is mounting.

Don't use Internet Explorer if you can help it.

The vulnerabilities continue to surface that exploit ActiveX driven web content, some of which are more than a year old and have not as of today's Tuesday Patch been fixed.

This is irresponsible on the part of Microsoft.

The intensity of concern for using IE has mounted to the point that a U.S. government agency is requesting that they be allowed to switch from IE to Mozilla's Firefox browser.

For those not aware, Firefox DOES NOT utilize ActiveX whatsoever.

A Firefox web browser equipped with Noscript and Adblock Plus plugins should keep you out of harm's way.

If at all possible, please consider alternative operating systems as I feel the very nature of Windows is 'defective by design'.

No amount of patches will ever resolve its unrelenting security issues.

If you haven't tried Ubuntu 9.04 Linux, the world's safest operating system, please take time and give it your full evaluation.

Ubuntu 9.04 Linux mops up the floor with Windows 7 and is absolutely, unequivocally SAFE for Internet use.

Thank you for taking the time to read another alternative viewpoint.

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Posted by: Dietrich T. Schmitz   Posted on: 07/15/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Dude, you are the man.  AdventTech67 | 07/13/09
So are you going to retract what you said about ZDNet?  NonZealot | 07/13/09
Not to mention that the site runs on  John Zern | 07/13/09
What on earth...  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
FireFox and More ZERO DAY Toxic exploits....  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
Adrian, what a hilariously shameless click grabbing blog.  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
Since the majority of systems out there...  914four | 07/17/09
Please, I'm tired of looking at that anonymous euro-trash...  xuniL_z | 07/17/09
Well, I'm glad you finally got around to reading the first page...  914four | 07/17/09
Oh, one last point. Microsoft didn't write DOS...  914four | 07/17/09
I Don't Use IE, or Safari on the Mac - Haven't In Years  drprodny | 07/15/09
LOL, let me feed your click-bait  NonZealot | 07/13/09
So...  SimonUK | 07/14/09
LOL. And he claims "hundreds" email him for "advice" NT.  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
Indeed  honeymonster | 07/16/09
I voted no... Heres why...  NStalnecker | 07/13/09
Voted NO  twaynesdomain | 07/13/09
"proper maintenance"  nizuse | 07/13/09
"proper maintenance"  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
Patches aren't available yet.  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
Or disable activex  JT82 | 07/14/09
Or use IE with Vista and don't worry about it.  ye | 07/14/09
If the user uses it...  SimonUK | 07/14/09
Many are idiots.  ye | 07/14/09
Were did I say it was a problem?  SimonUK | 07/14/09
@SimonUK: Wasn't that the point of your post?  ye | 07/14/09
My point...  SimonUK | 07/14/09
@SimonUK: Then they're foolish.  ye | 07/14/09
UAC statistics  rtk | 07/14/09
clearly, workarounds are available.  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
Slow down  ksarkies@... | 07/16/09
RE: Two ActiveX vulnerabilities make IE a toxic choice  saijagan | 07/13/09
Maybe you should start advocating people move to Vista instead...  ye | 07/13/09
no threat...  handydan918@... | 07/13/09
Clueless as usual.  ye | 07/14/09
* Gasp*  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
He said no such thing.  ye | 07/14/09
No...  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
I said no such thing either. (nt)  ye | 07/14/09
You implied it...  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
@Bored: No, I did not.  ye | 07/14/09
You refer to DCE or the VMS security model?  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/09
I'm referring specifically to ACLs. Something many UNIX...  ye | 07/14/09
Than your response should have been: DCE  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/09
My answer was exactly what I wanted it to be. (nt)  ye | 07/14/09
In other words: Ye didn't know!  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/09
@B.O.F.H.: Not at all.  ye | 07/14/09
Great spin ye...  914four | 07/17/09
What are you smoking?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/13/09
It is happening  Lerianis10 | 07/13/09
IE6 rules what? Can you be specific please?  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
Portable programs?  Tom6 | 07/16/09
Whee Ha!  zkiwi | 07/13/09
Whee Ha!  xuniL_z | 07/15/09
RE: Two ActiveX vulnerabilities make IE a toxic choice  Loverock Davidson | 07/13/09
If IE is so good, why is Firefox rising so fast?  Don Collins | 07/13/09
Possibly.  ye | 07/13/09
Also...  zkiwi | 07/13/09
It takes a big man  Viva la crank dodo | 07/14/09
I didn't think that was good satire.  xuniL_z | 07/15/09
NoScript beats new IE8 features  Don Collins | 07/13/09
Re:  dvm | 07/13/09
Nathan McFeters agrees with Giorgio  Don Collins | 07/14/09
Re:  dvm | 07/14/09
This demonstrates Firefox is more secure how? (nt)  ye | 07/14/09
Funny...  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
Because the thread I'm responding in stated:  ye | 07/14/09
@ye...  SimonUK2 | 07/14/09
@Bored: I don't have to. It's a claim I've never made.  ye | 07/14/09
It's not the security  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/09
From what I can tell, and what I have seen  goff256 | 07/15/09
LOL!!! Using w3* sites for stats again.
devil  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
How dare he....  rahbm | 07/22/09
And the other half...  handydan918@... | 07/13/09
Yes, Install Linux and you'll find nirvana!  Yeartenn | 07/14/09
and taking a step backwards  Loverock Davidson | 07/14/09
but a properly secured box..  JT82 | 07/14/09
Ubuntu seems pretty user friendly to me  Tom6 | 07/16/09
Don't tell them that...  goff256 | 07/16/09
What a Linux techno-geek finds "user friendly" is far from....  xuniL_z | 07/17/09
'Normal' users vs geeks  Tom6 | 07/17/09
I was trying to depart some valuable wisdom for the linux users...  xuniL_z | 07/17/09
warning: helium balloons  pgit | 07/15/09
As a Firefox User...  GoodThings2Life | 07/13/09
Ummmm...  Dave32265 | 07/13/09
Only if you are still on XP...  JT82 | 07/14/09
Sites requiring IE8?  NetArch. | 07/14/09
Just install IE Tab addon  donniebnyc@... | 07/14/09
ROFLMAO  JT82 | 07/14/09
Psychic are you?  jasonp@... | 07/14/09
2 problems  rtk | 07/14/09
RE: Two ActiveX vulnerabilities make IE a toxic choice  jgoode@... | 07/13/09
I use both...  LandonAB | 07/13/09
@jgoode  jtiner | 07/13/09
The link renders fine  anothercanuck | 07/14/09
No issues at the site listed using Firefox  NoCubes4Me | 07/16/09
Reading your blog has become ....  ShadeTree | 07/13/09
Internet Explorer is no more toxic  Lerianis10 | 07/13/09
what are you talking about?  shis-ka-bob | 07/14/09
Then turn it off. Problem solved. (nt)  ye | 07/14/09
Adrian and his bias against anything Microsoft...  transposeIT | 07/13/09
Relax  nizuse | 07/13/09
Actually...  goff256 | 07/16/09
Yawn  tonymcs@... | 07/13/09
How many years has "Active-Hex" been out????  kd5auq | 07/14/09
Shill fest  whisperycat | 07/14/09
They run the latest version of Windows and Office.  ye | 07/14/09
RE:  JT82 | 07/14/09
..  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
People have been saying this for years!!!  BitTwiddler | 07/14/09
Then disable Active-X. Problem solved. (nt)  ye | 07/14/09
spyware? That's mostly cookies.  xuniL_z | 07/14/09
The Real Security Threat  cnfrisch | 07/14/09
Absolutely!  SimonUK | 07/14/09
Evidence?  ye | 07/14/09
Whatever...  SimonUK | 07/14/09
You had to base that opinion on something did you not?  ye | 07/14/09
ROTFLMAO  B.O.F.H. | 07/14/09
The problem is...  zkiwi | 07/14/09
So what do you suggest Microsoft do?  ye | 07/14/09
Not have done such a pathetic job with Windows in the first place  zkiwi | 07/14/09
Assuming, for the sake of argument, that's true.  ye | 07/15/09
it's simple really...  zkiwi | 07/15/09
Alright, you consider Vista a flop...  goff256 | 07/15/09
Ok, you have lot's of opinion there, how about some Facts.  xuniL_z | 07/15/09
Microsoft focused on competitors only  zeebruce | 07/14/09
IE isn't required...  Erroneous | 07/14/09
Yet more Microsoft Windows ActiveX Vulnerabilities?  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/15/09
I agree.  James T. Kirk | 07/15/09
D, you are really going against the grain here buddy.  MalachiV | 07/15/09
Only safe for the technologically savvy. If Linux were used beyond....  xuniL_z | 07/15/09
Linux as a Career Choice  Tom6 | 07/17/09
Well put Tom6. Thanks happy  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/17/09
Agreed  melekali | 07/15/09
Overseas Websites  john_e_fish | 07/15/09
My bank insists on using ActiveX for online banking  Tom6 | 07/16/09
what about IE8 on XP?  jfederline@... | 07/16/09
Active X  blackepyon01@... | 07/16/09

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