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Old 12-17-2008, 10:30 PM
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IE has a loop hole in it found as of 6 days ago which when you go on site like paypal ebay banking 100000more they get ya passwords

the fix patch has reported to be ruining os systems i have 2 friends that work at best buy geek squad they have had 120 cpus in today because of this...

use firefox or google chrom



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...121601022.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15555...afe_still.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7787445.stm
 
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this article on ZDnet states google chrome and apples safari aren't secure either.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1...9578379,00.htm
 
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Originally Posted by cia24
IE has a loop hole in it found as of 6 days ago which when you go on site like paypal ebay banking 100000more they get ya passwords

the fix patch has reported to be ruining os systems i have 2 friends that work at best buy geek squad they have had 120 cpus in today because of this...

use firefox or google chrom



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...121601022.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15555...afe_still.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7787445.stm

You talking about this patch?
Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista (KB960714)

Installation date: ‎12/‎17/‎2008 9:07 PM

Installation status: Successful

Update type: Important

Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a system running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. This update is provided to you and licensed under the Windows Vista License Terms.

More information:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=137030

Help and Support:
http://support.microsoft.com
If so, I rolled it out after testing to about 400 PC's. No issues, also on all my servers 2003 (22 servers). no issues.
What issues are they having?
Also keep in mind, home users PCs tend to be a mess. They might have been infected before they got there. My group policies, firewall, and AV systems tend to keep workstation cleaner, also workers don't visit the same websites as home users.
 

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