NormanH Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Could you show your technical prowess by making that link clickable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 [quote user="NormanH"]Could you show your technical prowess by making that link clickable? [/quote]I fancy that all my prowesses will be to no avail as neither the Icon facility nor the Hyperlien facility seem to function with the French Version of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 on a French Version of Vista SP1. But any help you can offer will be gratefully received and acknowledged.PS The rabbit thing which has upset you is an implied reference to "standing up Microsoft at the Virtual Cyber Altar." poser un lapin à Microsoft"Apologies I promise not to use the word "b***y" again and to avoid gallic subtleties.[:)]EDITPPS Nor the quote function either...are you forcing me to use FireFox!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 . In post above please read text between < and > as Smiley Icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 On the Foxy front line the security updates for Versions 3.0.5 and 2.0.0.19 yesterday are a move in the right direction.Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.19MFSA 2008-69 XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStoreMFSA 2008-68 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalationMFSA 2008-67 Escaped null characters ignored by CSS parserMFSA 2008-66 Errors parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control charactersMFSA 2008-65 Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error messageMFSA 2008-64 XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosureMFSA 2008-62 Additional XSS attack vectors in feed previewMFSA 2008-61 Information stealing via loadBindingDocumentMFSA 2008-60 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.5/1.8.1.19)Fixed in Firefox 3.0.5MFSA 2008-69 XSS vulnerabilities in SessionStoreMFSA 2008-68 XSS and JavaScript privilege escalationMFSA 2008-67 Escaped null characters ignored by CSS parserMFSA 2008-66 Errors parsing URLs with leading whitespace and control charactersMFSA 2008-65 Cross-domain data theft via script redirect error messageMFSA 2008-64 XMLHttpRequest 302 response disclosureMFSA 2008-63 User tracking via XUL persist attributeMFSA 2008-60 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.5/1.8.1.19)Pity Version 2.0.0.19 has no Phishing Protection though; still it is the last time it will be updated; so an auspicious moment to graduate to Version 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I have just downloaded and installed 2 security updates (IE7 and IE8 Beta). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 In accordance with well established custom the availability of the Microsoft security update coincided with the commencement of the Press Release at 13:00 ET; 19:00 CET.The KB 960714 update has been available on the French Microsoft Server now since 7 P.M.In my case involving a 4.8 MB download covering Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2.A reboot of the PC is required to complete the installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Microsoft IE7 update now ready.For those who don't have automatic updates selectedgo to start/all programs/windows updateDanny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 beaten to it....Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 http://www.bunny-surf.net/Not that it's worth looking atClearly you are good at googling, but impotent in action, like so many pimply youths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzer Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Has anyone using Google Chrome tried to downlaod Adobe Flash Player. It insists on closing Chrome before it can be done. Are there any other flash players about?Also Pitstop have recommended that Microsoft XP Service Pack 3 should not yet be installed. Any one done so and has it caused any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 [quote user="Clair"]I have just downloaded and installed 2 security updates (IE7 and IE8 Beta).[/quote]Was it the update for French IE7 or English? My Windows updater says I'm already up to date (French Vista). It hasn't rebooted so I know I've had no automatic updates this evening, and I can't find it it to download it manually on the Microsoft site [:(]Edit: found it by searching for KB 960714 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I use IE in English with French Vista.Mine also said I was up-to-date, but I forced a search for updates.No reboot required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 [quote user="Jazzer"]Has anyone using Google Chrome tried to downlaod Adobe Flash Player. It insists on closing Chrome before it can be done. Are there any other flash players about?Also Pitstop have recommended that Microsoft XP Service Pack 3 should not yet be installed. Any one done so and has it caused any problems[/quote]Default plug-in Java Flash, but first update Chrome to 1.0.154.39, available on Beta News as a manual download.I thought everyone was on SP3, never had any problem with it.For Flash info open Chrome Help and enter Flash in Search Option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 http://www.betanews.com/article/Firefox_patches_address_three_critical_vulnerabilities/1229540181OK Norman you win, I got to admit it FireFox is 3 times better than Internet Explorer at fixing critical security problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjpfrancais Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Am I alone in thinking all this is a bit of a storm in a tea cup?Does anybody on this forum know anybody whose actually been affected by this security issue?And why don't we get news items on BBC TV when security vulnerabilities are found in Firefox or one of the other browsers?Just today patches have been issued to fix serious security issues with Firefox. Why aren't we hearing / reading lots of scare news stories about that?Seems to me there's a whole body of people who love any opportunity to pour oil on the fire when negative stories appear about MS. And incidentally, do people realise it was Microsoft's own security team who broke the story in the first place. So hardly an exposé at all! \end rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Microsoft have released a fix.http://www.microsoft.com/protect/default.mspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote user="Rjpfrancais"] Am I alone in thinking all this is a bit of a storm in a tea cup?Does anybody on this forum know anybody whose actually been affected by this security issue?[/quote]Yes I knew of someone who was affected , and it appeared to come from China as Microsoft suggested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjpfrancais Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote user="krusty"]Yes I knew of someone who was affected , and it appeared to come from China as Microsoft suggested[/quote]I'm intrigued, do tell more ....Where they surfing dodgy Chinese porn (the mind boggles!) or game code crack sites ? And what happened, did the hacker steal their bank details and make off with all their loot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 [quote user="Rjpfrancais"]Seems to me there's a whole body of people who love any opportunity to pour oil on the fire when negative stories appear about MS. [/quote]It was me who started the thread and it was done out of concern notscorn; my OH uses IE6 on his laptop as it is the only browser he feelsat ease with. But I am involved as I am the one who has to keep hiscomputer up to date and functioning correctly so that it is safe for him to use.[quote user="Rjpfrancais"]And incidentally, do people realise it was Microsoft's own security team who broke the story in the first place. [/quote]Absolutely and they said they would be releasing a critical update and they have.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Sue from what I read of RJPs post he was talking about the great wide world loves kicking M/soft. None more than me at times, but that goes for any big organisation. There will always be someone who is going to knock M/soft, quite often because they don't know it and use something else?I don't think he was 'having a go' at you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 A snappy update to FireFox V2, yesterday was supposed to be the last update...today another one.There are no changes noted for Mozilla Firefox for Windows (v2) 2.0.0.20 but nevertheless it replaces Version 2.0.0.19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Why are you still on v2 when the latest version is 3.0.5 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 [quote user="ErnieY"]Why are you still on v2 when the latest version is 3.0.5 ?[/quote]Not actually on either often, use FF Portable Version on a USB flash memory key when travelling. France is very anti MS with more than 33% on FF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I use it on a stick also but that too is on v3.0.5b [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 [quote user="ErnieY"]I use it on a stick also but that too is on v3.0.5b [8-|][/quote]At the moment I am using 3.1 beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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