Comments on: Microsoft patches three critical browser flaws

The software giant hopes that the trifecta of fixes will lasso the Download.Ject Trojan horse.

[wrwjpn]

What??

What do they mean by this?:

"The new patch, which is available from Microsoft's security Web
site, closes the hole, and Microsoft encouraged all IE users to
update their browsers"

If you have any of the Windows OSes then you have IE. Don't
they realize that??

What kind of idiots are working at MS?

[djugan]

Not necessarily so.....

By now, many astute IT workers and savvy home users have used one of the many tools available to "dis-integrate" Internet Explorer (all flavors), and have switched to more secure, more compliant, and more advanced browsers.

Replace Outlook and MS Virtual Machine, among other dubious Windows add-ons, and avoid 50%-75% of M$FT's monthly misery.

Many of us were doing this 4-5 years ago at the same time M$FT was lying to federal judges, claiming it couldn't be done.

Sorry, Chairman Bill -- just presenting the facts!

[bergrrt]

Duh,,,

I'm sick of it! All I can say is that it's all a big game, the best ever for all the spammers and hackers, etc., if they ever succeed in totally trashing the web where would they put all of that time and energy? Kind of like terrorists, no plan or ability to do anything positive and not enough common sense to think what they'd do if they destroyed the current system. They're good at little bits of crap but not enough brains amongst the lot of them to build something better.

[djugan]

See comment: Not necessarily so..... (above)

As I count down the list of security related patches issued for Windows 98 SE since it was released over five years ago, I've mitigated or eliminated 26 of 42 recommended security patches by "dis-integrating" the garbage from the OS.

Windows 98 SE, by virtue of its maturity and the ability to reduce it to "just Windows" is now, arguably, the most security hardened and stable OS for the home and small business PC user.

The world's biggest software company...

...and they just can't get rid of bugs and security holes. They just keep on doing what they've always done, and release brand new versions with brand new bugs and security holes.

Wait, maybe that's because they're a company built out of thousands of low-wage college kid hacks!?