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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45810

Computer security experts warned yesterday of

another new Internet threat that can steal the passwords and account information of people who bank online -- the second such discovery in a week. Users can pick up the latest bug, which doesn't yet have a name, from pop-up ads that secretly download software capab

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xxxx · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:24 am Post subject:

i don't know about anyone else, but i have 0 sympathy for anyone caught by this virus that a patch was released back in april. i always update my windows everytime a patch is released. why shouldn't i? why shouldn't you? but i can see this being catastrophic for those with ripped versions and unable to update. funnier, because what can they say? Damn you bill gates!! i have a ripped copy of your os and someone likely stole my banking information! i'd sue you but i'm a criminal!!! HAHAHAHAHAHHAAA despite knowing this info, i'm sticking with IE. i like adventure.

Hjarry · Contributor Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 37

Ok, man. You can be the canary in the coal mine. The rest of us will keep IE at the same distance as leprosy. No offense to Bill Gates, of course: when I refer to your products as digital leprosy, it's meant with the highest possible respect. Wink

xxxx · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:09 am Post subject:

i think u should get help for your mental leprosy before giving any advice.

Hjarry · Contributor Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 37

SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF. . . Smell any IE leaks, canary? Keep sniffin', little birdie, we're depending on ya!

maga · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:03 am Post subject:

i actually use IE6 AND Opera because you can't have a 100% accuracy without IE.

lucas · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

you can tell a rabid fanboy when the refuse to jump ship, even when its obviously sinking

xxxx: doesn't it bother you in the slighest that these critical flaws exist in IE in the first place? do you have that much blind faith in microsoft that you think that hackers will never find the flaws before MS release a patch (an already obviously false statement, theres still a flaw currently open with no patch available). patches or no patches, I'd tell anyone I gave two shits about to use a browser with a better track record than this

The Outlaw · Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject:

I agree that IE has many flaws.

Also so many patches have been released for IE we cant even count.

One things for sure, if Microsoft finds one patch then a hacker might try to hit the other vulnerable area of IE.

Although personally I am so used to IE that it is quite difficult to switch to another browser, and I dont do much online banking Wink

lucas · Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:01 am Post subject: