MS Issues Emergency IE Security Update 114
WrongSizeGlass writes "CNET is reporting that Microsoft has issued an emergency patch for 10 IE security holes. 'The cumulative update, which Microsoft announced on Monday, resolves nine privately reported flaws and one that was publicly disclosed. ... Software affected by the cumulative update addressing all the IE vulnerabilities includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008, Vista, and Windows 7.'"
Re:Pwn2own strikes again (Score:4, Insightful)
idiots who want to use what they don't understand deserve to get 0wned.
Totally. All those drooling idiots driving cars without knowing how to rebuild an engine and transmission are just asking for it.
Re:Cnet link not really informative (Score:5, Insightful)
To me "No real sweat" != "Windows 7 - Internet Explorer 8 - Remote Code Execution - Critical "
Re:Better links here: (Score:5, Insightful)
If Chrome had a better ad-blocking solution, I'd agree with you. All the Chrome ad-blockers still render/run the ad in the background
I was reading AintItCoolNews with Chrome, and some ad in the background downloaded and opened a PDF without asking me, which Microsoft Security Essentials was quick to report had malicious code in it.
With Firefox and Adblock Plus, I never see ads. Where are most of these exploits going to originate from? Ads.
How is "MS releases emergency patch" news? (Score:2, Insightful)
This is normal. Expected. Everyday life for millions of Windows users.
Re:How is "MS releases emergency patch" news? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Pwn2own strikes again (Score:3, Insightful)
Actually, your analogy would be asking everybody who used a browser to know how to code.
On the other hand, it's a good for people idea to learn about the technology behind websites before browsing them. For example, knowing what javascript is, what flash is, what cookies are, what xml is and how it relates to web pages, etc. And they may want to know how to block or clear cookies and block javascript and clear cache.
And that's asking people to know the laws of driving, how to read the street signs, to know what happens when roads get wet or are covered in snow, to know about dirt versus gravel versus asphalt versus cement, and how to react appropriately under each circumstance. And it's asking them to know how to use the e-brake or the tramsmission. And that's certainly not too much to ask.
Re:Pwn2own strikes again (Score:3, Insightful)
And that's certainly not too much to ask.
It most definitely is. I don't need to understand Blu-ray encoding in order to watch a movie, I don't need to understand how WEP works (or doesn't) in order to connect to an access point, and I don't need to understand how GSM or SMS works in order to send a text message. I don't need to understand how the Playstation network operates in order to play online, I don't need to understand how HVAC works in order to cool my house, and I don't need to understand how an electrical coil heats up in order to toast bread. Users don't care about those things. Expecting a user to educate themselves about Javascript IS asking quite a bit (XML? really?).
And that's asking people to know the laws of driving, how to read the street signs, to know what happens when roads get wet or are covered in snow, to know about dirt versus gravel versus asphalt versus cement, and how to react appropriately under each circumstance. And it's asking them to know how to use the e-brake or the tramsmission.
Are you under the expectation that all drivers on the road know all of those things? Not to pick on women, but stories from mechanics about women reporting problems with their cars are about as amusing as the clueless tech support calls we enjoy so much. The fact is that people do NOT know those things about driving, but you expect someone to educate themselves on XML before they go to MSN?
Re:Pwn2own strikes again (Score:3, Insightful)
What about people that don't know they need to lock their doors when they leave the car, or change the oil on a regular basis?
If they're like a normal person, they learn from their mistakes and they don't do the same thing again.
Oddly, computers seem to be exempt from that. The same people get viruses, trojans, malware, etc, and keep downloading crap and failing to install updates, and it keeps happening. Most drivers seem to learn to change the oil after destroying an engine, but somehow computer users are different. Clearly there's plenty wrong with the software in the first place, but there's also something very odd about users who experience these problems and then both continue using the same problematic software and failing to learn from their mistakes.
Reboot???!! (Score:3, Insightful)
Grrrrr!!!
And yes, that was a rhetorical question.