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"If corporations don't hold employees accountable for visiting unknown websites, especially if they are victims of phishing, then they might as well hold the vault open to their treasury too."

Please define an unknown website for me. I have never visited www.xiotech.com. As an Enterprise Architect for Storage Management, i'll probably need to at some point. (In a couple of minutes actually.) Isn't this an unknown website for me at the moment? Many people are duped into this kind of attack through only the best of intentions. They are trying to get information or products and get suckered into a site that means them ill. If we only visit sites that are known good quantities, then we might as well uninstall all browsers. I have no proof eBay or ZDnet has not been infected with something as we speak.

Browser security is the best remedy. Since this kind of exploit is most prevelant because of the IE vulnerability that allows essentially a spoofing of a web address, it is perfectly appropriate to speak to the reletive merits of an alternative browser.

Your head in the sand, MS for everyone attitude is counter productive. An attitude where each company or person is free to choose the tools best for them, be it MS, OSS, or other, is the best.

Many of us MS skeptics were once NBMers. You'll be more critical of MS in a few years as well if you are at all open minded. It just takes a few MS beatings and then leaving you out to dry for the light bulb to come on.
Posted by: Mack DaNife   Posted on: 04/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Simple - Don't use IE  ITGuy04 | 04/13/04
Why would anyone use IE?  Oscar_Goldman | 04/13/04
Because they don't know any better  voska | 04/13/04
Boring!!!  DevilsAdvocado | 04/13/04
Windows XP ME  issthatso | 04/13/04
Those Laurels will turn into thorns !  DevilsAdvocado | 04/14/04
That's an easy one!  WhoIsDaMan | 04/13/04
One word: Bundling  el1jones | 04/13/04
Bundling means nothing  voska | 04/13/04
Re: Bundling means nothing  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
I have nothing against bundling, everyone does  voska | 04/13/04
We seem to agree then.  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
Caution, strawman attacking innocent bystanders in this area!!!  Still Lynn | 04/21/04
And it's the wrong word. Use Integrated.  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Only Sort Of True ...  coffeenite | 04/13/04
Windows is an operating system, so...  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Re: consistent capabilities for 95% of the world's pc's  George Jay | 04/14/04
Lead by example [someday]  Still Lynn | 04/22/04
I agree however ... protocol handler issue!  ukdiveboy | 04/13/04
Yes, integrate IE into Moz/Netscape!  Still Lynn | 04/22/04
Oh, the word from on high...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
indeed!  Nullifidian | 04/13/04
Your concet of "everyone" leaves much to be desired.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
My dad's bigger than you dad (NT)  voska | 04/13/04
Interesting...  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
Ah, my insult of the day from the little guy.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Coming from you that means a lot!  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
I always try to help the handicapped.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Given your decade of unemployment...  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
oh yeah  meetoo | 04/14/04
No  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Man am I impressed!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Re: the word  John L. Ries | 04/19/04
Phishing can still happen in Mozilla  jfrankcarr | 04/13/04
But not as an exploit of the browser  coffeenite | 04/13/04
Unfortunately...  Fred Fredrickson | 04/14/04
Jury is still out on Mozilla  bmonster | 04/14/04
Onestat stats  voska | 04/13/04
One of my previous companies used netscape.  el1jones | 04/13/04
Is that why they went broke?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Smart Company  ITGuy04 | 04/13/04
IE market share  crocd | 04/13/04
Visiting Unknown Web Sites  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Re: Visiting Unknown Web Sites  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
Huh???  Da-Man | 04/13/04
MS Haters...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Complaining about terrorist does nothing  voska | 04/13/04
Don't worry.  doe_z | 04/13/04
Short Memory  George Jay | 04/13/04
Benefit of the doubt...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Whine about issues ... you bet ... it's called Risk Mitigation  George Jay | 04/14/04
Dont hateMS, hate their behaviour  DevilsAdvocado | 04/15/04
= Mozilla or Netscape  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
What is this, security by FUD?  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
The world according to McNealy  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Security assurance program  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Um, when did you look at Mozilla?  Patrick Jones | 04/13/04
Yes; discussion was whether it could be improved. (NT)  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
I want tabbed browsing  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Try Avant.  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
I'll make this easy for you  Win32_Guru | 04/13/04
Fastest? According to whom?  Tim Patterson | 04/13/04
I'll make this easy for you  SC-man | 04/14/04
So what freeware do you add to IE...  Robert Crocker | 04/13/04
Microsoft's generosity.  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Re: Microsoft doesn't expect IE to exist as a separate product  George Jay | 04/14/04
Why won't you be able to use Mozilla?  Anton Philidor | 04/14/04
You banged it on the head ...  George Jay | 04/14/04
Add this  Win32_Guru | 04/13/04
IE + Freeware Mozilla  John Le'Brecage | 04/13/04
= Other.  Anton Philidor | 04/14/04
Just out of curiosity...  John L. Ries | 04/19/04
People should stop complaining, IE is free!  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
Here's why people complain bofh...  userini | 04/18/04
What's so "high-tech" . . .?  markdoiron | 04/16/04
More than a "hollier than thou"" thing...  kennethsf | 04/18/04

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