ZERT (unofficial) IE/VML buffer overflow patch available now

ameoba said:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Here's a better solution...
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That's not a solution, it's an alternative. Believe it or not, there are some thing that require IE, especially in a business setting. Don't forget to wipe.
 
pxc said:
That's not a solution, it's an alternative. Believe it or not, there are some thing that require IE, especially in a business setting. Don't forget to wipe.
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Wait...you mean not everyone reading this forum is a kid in their parents basement using just one, personally owned PC??? :D I'm glad someone finally pointed out that it's OK to think of solutions as an IT support person would....and that some of these issues and questions are posed/answered by people in the IT field. Thank you, pxc.
 
pxc said:
That's not a solution, it's an alternative. Believe it or not, there are some thing that require IE, especially in a business setting. Don't forget to wipe.
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But they're the exception. You don't need to worry about getting your machine compromised when going to some app on your corporate intranet or your bank's website. It's when you're running around the internet checking out random sites that you run into these exploits. Given IE's security track record, browsing random crap on the internet with it is just asking for trouble.

You're better of with FFox as your default browser and falling back to IE when you're forced to deal with poorly designed sites.


"Don't forget to wipe" my ass - 5000 students in the department with public labs running software that -required- elevated privileges to run, grad students and professors demanding admin rights on their machines so they can do their research and then coming back to you every other month to have you recover their data because they've gotten their box infested, a chairman that gave his grad students keys to the network closet ("oops, i didn't realize that was the 3rd floor's uplink I removed"). I've wiped more than enough asses.



Djnes - having worked in an understaffed IT department, I can tell you that switching from IE to FFox as the default browser cut down the amount of bullshit virus/malware cleanup work we had to do by more than half. A "this site doesn't work in firefox" call is a lot easier to deal with than a "my machine is blowing up with porn adverts" call.
 
ameoba said:
You're better of with FFox as your default browser and falling back to IE when you're forced to deal with poorly designed sites.
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Naw, i'm happy with IE as my only browser. :cool: I don't have any problems with malware.

In case you didn't notice, this isn't an anti-IE thread. I started it to notify people of a solution to a particular problem. Feel free to start your own thread if you want to further your personal agenda. :rolleyes:
 
ameoba said:
Djnes - having worked in an understaffed IT department, I can tell you that switching from IE to FFox as the default browser cut down the amount of bullshit virus/malware cleanup work we had to do by more than half. A "this site doesn't work in firefox" call is a lot easier to deal with than a "my machine is blowing up with porn adverts" call.
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You're missing pxc's point. This may be a business case where the web-based app only runs with IE, where switching browsers isn't an option. I am the IT Manager of a 30 person company, and we only use IE. Malware is not a problem for us. Some of our Sharepoint sites don't work as well with Firefox as they do with IE. Our financial people use an intranet based web app for reporting, and that won't wun under Firefox.
 
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