Microsoft Issues Emergency Security Patch For IE

[kelvin070]

The security update MS08-078, available at Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 - Critical: Security Update for Internet Explorer (960714)

"people should run, not walk, to get it installed. This vulnerability is being exploited by cyber-crimnals and getting worse everyday." Trend Micro researcher Paul Ferguson

 

[sierrabravo]

yeah another reason for me to hate ms. no that patch thing is already on the list. i was converting some movies for my ipod when it installed the patch, and i had to restart my comp and restart my movies... :-(

 

[kelvin070]

Firefox has its share of problems too.
Firefox Issues Eight Patches for Web Browser

Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Dec 17, 2008 7:40 pm

Mozilla has issued eight patches for its Firefox Web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical.The patches come after security experts have recommended using a browser other than Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and older versions of IE due to a dangerous vulnerability. Microsoft is due to release an emergency patch for that problem Wednesday.
Two of the critical Firefox problems could allow an attacker execute a cross-site scripting attack, in which scripts or commands from one Web application that shouldn't run in another are successfully executed. The third problem relates to Firefox's browser engine, and could make it crash or possibly allow someone to remotely execute code on a PC, Mozilla said in its advisory.
Mozilla defines a critical vulnerability as one that could allow an attacker to run code on a machine in the course of normal Web browsing.
The patches are for Firefox version numbers 3.04 and 2.0.0.18. Mozilla has said this round of patches will be the last for Firefox 2, which it will now stop supporting. The update also removes the phishing filter in Firefox 2 because the browser uses an outdated version of a protocol used to import a blocklist of phishing sites supplied by Google. Firefox 2 users are being promoted to upgrade to Firefox 3.
Firefox's auto-update mechanism should automatically download these latest patches, and users will be prompted to restart the browser to complete the process.

 

[PinkZebra]

I just got my IE update today.......whew!!

 

[bass_man1989]

I read somewhere that this security hole was present in all browsers, but I could be wrong.

Personally, I'm a Chrome fan, but still have to use IE for a lot of sites until all the compatibility issues get worked out.

I didn't use Chrome much, but I didn't have any problems getting sites to work when I did use it.