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Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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IE security warning Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

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Microsoft has yet to patch the flaws. But users can protect themselves against the flaws by disabling active scripting or by using an alternative browser.

Thomas Kristensen, CTO of security Web site Secunia, told The Register that the five distinct vulns could used in combination to install executables (viruses, Trojans and porn diallers). Secunia describes the vulnerabilities as "extremely critical".


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You should disable Active Scipting for now (except for the Windows Update site) and the forseeable future.
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Nov 1999
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and how do i do that?
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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  Old Post 28-11-2003 08:19
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Oh.

Go into Internet Options from the Control Panel (or Options in IE), choose the Security tab. Scroll down. You should see some choices wrt Active Scripting. I usually disable all of them to save time. You can add the Windows update site ("*.windowsupdate.microsft.com" IIRC) to the trusted sites list and give it a lower security rating so you can use it without messing with the settings every time.

However, since I don't have a Windows computer in front of me, somebody else needs to show you how to do that bit.
alva is offline alva
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Sep 2001
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Wouldn't a 'prompt' be enough?
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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Sure, if you want to be bothered all the time

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  Old Post 28-11-2003 11:52
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yeah, I noticed , sliiiiiiightly annoying

Q Cubed is offline Q Cubed
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Apr 1999
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  Old Post 28-11-2003 21:53 Visit Q Cubed's homepage!
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what, you guys don't use opera?

7.23 is out now.
Kuciwalker is offline Kuciwalker
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Feb 2001
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  Old Post 28-11-2003 22:01
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Opera is ugly.

I've tried Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, and IE, and IE has the best interface, fastest rendering, and least buggy rendering.
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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You gotta be kidding. IE's rendering is furtherest from W3 standards, and its support for CSS is the worst.

In fact, I found it renders slower than Mozilla, and much slower than Firebird.
Kuciwalker is offline Kuciwalker
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Well, because of a weird bug in the Content Advisor, I've been forced to switch from IE for a while, and while of the others I'd say Opera is my favorite, they are all bad.
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what's wrong with you people? why can't you see the beauty inherent in all good browsers: ie, opera, mozilla, konqueror... for shame, you're platform-ist and program-ist!

go to la, you insensitive freaks!
Mercator is offline Mercator
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  Old Post 28-11-2003 22:20 Visit Mercator's homepage!
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Opera is skinnable and pretty much every part of the interface can be moved around wherever you want...
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May 1999
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Opera is ugly.

I've tried Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, and IE, and IE has the best interface, fastest rendering, and least buggy rendering.

You must be using another Opera than I am.
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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what's wrong with you people? why can't you see the beauty inherent in all good browsers: ie, opera, mozilla, konqueror... for shame, you're platform-ist and program-ist!


I see that you didn't mention IE

Spiffor is offline Spiffor
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Nov 2001
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  Old Post 28-11-2003 22:39
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BTW, I haven't seen Asher in this thread? Did he come back since his ban?

Same question for Agathon btw, did he come back since the Mac-forum drama?
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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No to both, AFAIK.
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@ur... you quoted me, right ? check again, i did mention ie.
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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quote:
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@ur... you quoted me, right ? check again, i did mention ie.


Sneaky, but that acutally meant "i.e.", or "id est"

mrmitchell is offline mrmitchell
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Is Mozilla, Opera, or any other thing that intelligent handsome powerful people use affected?

Or is it just IE and its slug users?
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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ActiveX is an MS only thang.
Kuciwalker is offline Kuciwalker
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quote:
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I see that you didn't mention IE


yes he did :hmm:
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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China discovers seven extra holes in Internet Explore

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A CHINESE RESEARCHER has discovered seven new security holes in Internet Explorer and Microsoft is looking into them, or perhaps through them.


So much for Trustworthy Computing.
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