Apr-28-2014 05:20 AM
Apr-29-2014 07:51 AM
Captain Obvious wrote:That's a different issue. This is indeed an IE problem. Here is Microsoft's write-up of the original issue I posted.
This is not an IE problem. This is another Adobe Flash bug.
Chrome & Firefox on Windows, Mac, & Linux are also affected.
The media seems bent on trashing MS & IE & XP.
Apr-29-2014 07:46 AM
Captain Obvious wrote:
This is not an IE problem. This is another Adobe Flash bug.
Chrome & Firefox on Windows, Mac, & Linux are also affected.
"CERT" wrote:
Note that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Although no Adobe Flash vulnerability appears to be at play here, the Internet Explorer vulnerability is used to corrupt Flash content in a way that allows ASLR to be bypassed via a memory address leak. This is made possible with Internet Explorer because Flash runs within the same process space as the browser. Note that exploitation without the use of Flash may be possible.
Apr-29-2014 07:14 AM
Apr-29-2014 07:01 AM
Apr-29-2014 03:08 AM
1775 wrote:
This was all over national news this afternoon. The problem with XP IE is that MS is saying too bad, too late!
Just don't use IE no matter what Win OS. There are plenty of better browsers out there.
Apr-28-2014 11:30 PM
Apr-28-2014 10:30 AM
1492 wrote:
The issue is that the version of IE that is compatible with WIN XP is no longer supported with security patches/updates. And, considering, that browsers have become the among the number one app used to exploit user's systems in all OS platforms, behooves the point to use an updated and more secure browser such as Firefox or Chrome. Browsers are among the first layer of security.
Apr-28-2014 10:14 AM
Apr-28-2014 10:12 AM
Dog Folks wrote:
... now after all these years XP is not good for this...not good for that... IE is no good...
All these things cannot be directly attributed to the end of support.
Has XP been that bad all these years? I don't think so. I can't help to think that here is "marketing" going on by Microsoft to encourage users to switch to Windows 8.
Apr-28-2014 09:54 AM
Apr-28-2014 09:40 AM
bwanshoom wrote:Dog Folks wrote:XP is old. There have been 3 major versions of operating systems from Microsoft after XP. Software like any technology evolves over time.
I am not a big fan of conspiracy theories, but I wonder why all of a sudden, Microsoft says XP is no good now, that they have Windows 8 to sell?
The support life of XP has been published since day 1 so there is no conspiracy here at all - it's end of support life was not a secret. It might be "all of a sudden" to the general public, but to IT support folks they've known for well over a decade when XP was going to be retired.
Apr-28-2014 09:39 AM
burlmart wrote:
Not sure if MS owns Forbes media or vice versa, but they have a ridiculous article on this IE subject. It is squarely focused on XP. It repeats that MS advises XP users to upgrade to a more secure version of Windows ASAP.
So, if you are so gullible as to fall for their BS, get off XP right now and upgrade to a secure W7 or W8.1. Oh, but use some other browser, because your super secure OS 'upgrade' has an un-fixed zero-day virus. (Don't worry, this will be fixed and there will never ever be another security threat using your new MS stuff.)
Apr-28-2014 07:48 AM
Dog Folks wrote:XP is old. There have been 3 major versions of operating systems from Microsoft after XP. Software like any technology evolves over time.
I am not a big fan of conspiracy theories, but I wonder why all of a sudden, Microsoft says XP is no good now, that they have Windows 8 to sell?
Apr-28-2014 07:15 AM
Apr-28-2014 06:59 AM