IE claimed to be the most secure browser ever....

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:14 pm

by Microsoft.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Arial" size="3">Microsoft lauds IE as 'the most secure browser'

Munir Kotadia
ZDNet UK
February 10, 2004, 16:25 GMT

Internet Explorer is now just about the most secure browser available, says Microsoft - because so many security holes have been filled

Last week's Internet Explorer patch has made the browser at least as secure, if not more secure, than any other browser, according to Microsoft UK's chief security officer.</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Microsoft saying IE is the most secure browser is like me saying I have the biggest ***** of all.....doesn't exactly make for the best credibility.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:19 pm

Ha ha. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:39 pm

Right. They've yet to include any popup blocking controls in the damn browser, and there's already been one case of pop-ups being used to reconfigure system settings (I heard this one on the news last night).

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 6:42 pm

Isnt that like saying a rusted-out ship hull is leak proof since so many holes have been repaired?

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 7:23 pm

Popup blocking doesn't make it more secure, just more user-friendly.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 8:33 pm

actually TB is right, lately script kiddies and haxors have found a way to embed code and other scripts into popups that if a unprotected person catches the pop up and it sees a wide open connection, a script, code, executable, "WHATEVER" could be run autonomiously, without the user's knowledge.

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:02 pm

Last night on the news, there was a report of a pop-up scam that would reconfigure the Internet connection settings in IE to dial a 1-900 number somewhere in Africa. Though this was also caused by IE security holes, as always (NO web page should be allowed to do ANYTHING to the system configuration).

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Feb 11, 2004 9:40 pm

Considering that Browsers have ALWAYS been notoriously unsafe, claiming yours is "teh safest" is not much of a claim.

It's like saying yours is the safest jump over the grand canyon EVER!