Home Computing - by Yen on Monday, August 11, 2008 14:37 - 0 Comments
Vista Users, Time for Firefox or Opera!
For those who are using Vista and Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE), looks like it’s time to reconsider changing your main browser to Firefox or Opera.
Two security researchers have developed a new technique that essentially bypasses all of the memory protection safeguards in the Windows Vista operating system.
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By taking advantage of the way that browsers, specifically Internet Explorer, handle active scripting and .NET objects, the pair have been able to load essentially whatever content they want into a location of their choice on a user’s machine.
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Source: Windows Vista security ‘rendered useless’ by researchers
And to make matter worse, (according to the researchers) “there is little that Microsoft can do to address the problems”.
It that’s true, then there is no more reason to continue using Vista since security is one of the main if not the only selling point for Vista. At least that my own personal view. But we all know that migrating your computer operating systems is never and easy task. And there is a certain risk of data loss in the process. So what are we going to do?
The obvious reason is to stop using MSIE in Vista. Get on the alternative browsers bandwagon. Get Firefox! And if for some reason you do not like Firefox, there also Opera. And my opinion, these browsers are way better than MSIE.
We did it! We set a Guinness World Record.
Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we now hold a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. On June 18, 2008 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 and are now enjoying a safer, smarter and better Web.
Source: Spread Firefox
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