The patches don't work! Link: http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5072672.html?tag=fd_topUserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1a) Gecko/20020611
Standalone IE for Windows discontinued . . .
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by Mandrake » Mon 08 Sep, 2003 8:57 pm
Haha! The patches don't work! Link: http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5072672.html?tag=fd_top
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by Wellander » Tue 09 Sep, 2003 12:20 am
Hi,
Oh well I use old versions of I.E if I use it at all.
I mostly ues old browsers to begin with.
It will hrut them in the future but I am happy.
Oh well I use old versions of I.E if I use it at all.
I mostly ues old browsers to begin with.
It will hrut them in the future but I am happy.
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by DJGM » Wed 10 Sep, 2003 5:54 am
It's the older versions of browsers, particularly IE, that will have the most security holes. Ancient v3.x
browsers are likely to be absolutely riddled with security holes. The only way to fix these holes, is to
upgrade to the most up to date browser version available, as soon as you can.
Having said that, even the most up to date version of IE, with all the latest patches and updates,
still has some security vulnerabilitiess, so the best way to avoid the majority of browser based
security holes is to use an up to date version of any browser, other than IE.
Meanwhile, the total vuln count in IE for Windows has now crept to 23 unpatched vulnerabilities.
browsers are likely to be absolutely riddled with security holes. The only way to fix these holes, is to
upgrade to the most up to date browser version available, as soon as you can.
Having said that, even the most up to date version of IE, with all the latest patches and updates,
still has some security vulnerabilitiess, so the best way to avoid the majority of browser based
security holes is to use an up to date version of any browser, other than IE.
Meanwhile, the total vuln count in IE for Windows has now crept to 23 unpatched vulnerabilities.
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by Wellander » Wed 10 Sep, 2003 1:30 pm
DJGM wrote:It's the older versions of browsers, particularly IE, that will have the most security holes. Ancient v3.x
browsers are likely to be absolutely riddled with security holes. The only way to fix these holes, is to
upgrade to the most up to date browser version available, as soon as you can.
Having said that, even the most up to date version of IE, with all the latest patches and updates,
still has some security vulnerabilitiess, so the best way to avoid the majority of browser based
security holes is to use an up to date version of any browser, other than IE.
Meanwhile, the total vuln count in IE for Windows has now crept to 23 unpatched vulnerabilities.
Hi,
The old versions view some pages better then netscape communicator all versions.
It looks like I.E. (old versions) is more standard complient then netscape v0,1,2,3,and4.
There is less security issues in the older versions of I.E. because it can not do thngs thet v4 and above can I could net even check the SSL strength in allo of the 3.0,3.01,and 3.03 and I have 1.5 in my system too.
I believe that there are less isseues with the older versions then the most current versions.
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by Edward » Thu 11 Sep, 2003 7:14 pm
My ISP has kindly provided a link to a Microsoft web page where the latest Windows patch can be downloaded.
The interesting note on this page, is that it lists Windows 98 as (1) not affected by the issue, and (2) is no longer supported.
The latter is news to me, as I thought the EOL/support for Windows 98SE was April 30, 2005...
The interesting note on this page, is that it lists Windows 98 as (1) not affected by the issue, and (2) is no longer supported.
The latter is news to me, as I thought the EOL/support for Windows 98SE was April 30, 2005...
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by DJGM » Thu 11 Sep, 2003 7:41 pm
The patch probably won't make the slightest bit of difference, especially
considering the fact, there are now 31 unpatched security vulns in IE!
considering the fact, there are now 31 unpatched security vulns in IE!
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by Mandrake » Thu 11 Sep, 2003 8:13 pm
Ed, see this: [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[LN];LifeAn1[/url]
Windows 98 is dead (good riddens too, most unstable OS ever!) - this is most apparent as Microsoft Office 2003 will only run on Windows 2000 and XP.
As for all those vunerabilites, locking down IE eliminates most of them. But running a browser security check showed that IE (with all patches) had NO vunerabilites.
Windows 98 is dead (good riddens too, most unstable OS ever!) - this is most apparent as Microsoft Office 2003 will only run on Windows 2000 and XP.
As for all those vunerabilites, locking down IE eliminates most of them. But running a browser security check showed that IE (with all patches) had NO vunerabilites.
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by DJGM » Thu 11 Sep, 2003 8:30 pm
It generally depends on the version of IE you're running, on whatever version of Windows. In rare
cases, you may well find that with all the relevant patches, service packs and critical updates,
installed, your copy of IE contains no security holes. But, as new vulns are found on a more
or less weekly basis, don't expect your copy of IE to remain vuln free for long.
Ideally, the best way to avoid the many IE security holes, is to either disable it's support for
stuff like ActiveX, and Active Scripting, which effectively removes most of the functionality of
the browser, or to not use IE at all, and completely disable it, using the methods we've
discussed in other threads. If you can remove IE from your system, do that instead.
cases, you may well find that with all the relevant patches, service packs and critical updates,
installed, your copy of IE contains no security holes. But, as new vulns are found on a more
or less weekly basis, don't expect your copy of IE to remain vuln free for long.
Ideally, the best way to avoid the many IE security holes, is to either disable it's support for
stuff like ActiveX, and Active Scripting, which effectively removes most of the functionality of
the browser, or to not use IE at all, and completely disable it, using the methods we've
discussed in other threads. If you can remove IE from your system, do that instead.
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