[Am-info] CBSNews.com: Need Another Browser?

[Mark Dodel]

Great to see that the general media is starting to acknowledge how bad
microcrapware is.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/05/scitech/pcanswer/main627500.shtml

"(CBS) Last week, there were two separate reported of flaws in Microsoft
Internet Explorer that could jeopardize your security.

One flaw made it possible to pop-up windows to install programs on your
machine that could steal banking records. Another flaw, in both Explorer
and a Microsoft web server program, made it possible for a hacker to
implant malicious code in an otherwise legitimate web site that could,
once again, steal your data.

Microsoft, of course, says it's doing everything possible to eliminate
these problems. As it has in the past, the company put out a fix that
patches these particular problems. Microsoft has also said it will soon
release a free upgrade to Windows that, according to the company, is more
secure.

In the mean time, the U.S. government's Computer Emergency Readiness Team,
or "CERT" (www.cert.org) published a warning that included, among other
suggestions, the advice to "use a different browser" -- suggesting that PC
users look to sources other than Microsoft for a web browser. ..."

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