Another HUGE reason not to use IE!

I didn't see anything posted about this, but this past weekend Microsoft found a new zero day vulnerability the basically affects EVERY VERSION of IE. Here's the advisory

Chrome or Firefox...check em if you already haven't and I'm hoping I'm preaching to the choir here and apologize if this has already been posted.

EDIT: It in fact has already been posted by JOSEA in the Security and Anti-Virus Software sub-forum. I'm so absent minded I didn't even notice these sub-forums at the top of the list

He links a nice article of what you can do if you HAVE to use IE...but I urge you to not do so when there are far more better alternatives!

 

I have been a Firefox user for some years, and in recent times run Chrome.

 

The details of the issue are so foggy right now while they try to get a patch together it seems. There was some mention of Flash being involved and Adobe released a new version yesterday I believe to combat it. I've updated flash on all the home computers just in case. A small overly paranoid part of me thinks it's rather convenient that such a huge issue pops out of nowhere just as XP support is phased out.

 

Ah, I just now noticed the Security section of the Windows OS and Software forum and there was a post yesterday about this. Now I know where to look and where to post security related items. Sorry about that everyone!

 

Does not matter. I always hated IE so much. Fuzzy fonts, broken images and broken pages. I have been using Firefox (most of the time) and Chrome (sometimes) only anyway. I know when this terrible browser is patched I will have to restart my laptop again. Yet another reason to hate IE. Firefox and Chrome require just a restart of the browser not a restart of windows.

 

This explains that IE Flash patch I've installed a couple of days ago.

 

This. Switched to Firefox some 7 years ago and never looked back. The only time I use IE is when I'm on my company computer.

 

You know what this means don't you?

All those airplane fetish sites you've been visiting, they've infected your system with malware and have taken over your steam account!

 

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I knew exactly what this was from before even pulling up the video. Greatest movie ever. "Hell I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon with nail polish!'

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While I'm not much of an IE user, I think using this as another reason to not use IE is a little dramatic. Zero-days like this are needles in haystacks. You can't look at Chrome and Firefox and whatever other browser and tell me definitively, "well, there's certainly no zero-days in THESE." Because you don't actually know.

 

True but being that I'm in charge of maintaining security for a large number of computers and users I'm going to err on the side of caution. Sad reality is, there are many folks out there that wish to steal info and wreak havoc on computers. Had to deal with the RTF file and Word 2010 issue a few weeks ago. Blocked RTF files and folks were NOT happy. I'd much rather deal with a frustrated user than a potential outbreak.

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It is important to be informed about zero day vulnerabilities, but like you said. you will find zero days in pretty much every browser from time to time. Chrome, Fireforx and Safari all had theirs too. Same goes for Flash and other ubiquitous Adobe software like reader. It's part of the game. Personally, I haven't had any real problems with the latest versions of IE, not my browser of choice, but I don't necessarily veer people away from it like I used to in the days of IE6, 7 and 8.