Internet explorer 7 woes...
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| If you think it's something you can fix within IE7 itself, forget
| it. The common name for this problem is IE7 Runonce, and it loads
| blank blue page after your initial upgrade of IE 6. No amount of
| rebooting will fix the problem.
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http://www.intowit.com/bloggd/2007/03/23/internet-explorer-7-woes/
Here is how a Windows 98 user is welcomed by Microsoft:
http://i9.tinypic.com/2i6ib7s.jpg
Related:
Windows Update Follow-up | My New Policy on Microsoft
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| My previous post on Windows Update disabling FireFox attracted over
| 10k readers and I guess it generated enough noise that Microsoft
| approached me for specifics. Kudos to MS for that! Clearly the
| issue wasn't very widespread, but several users reported experiencing
| it on this reddit thread.
|
| [...]
|
| My new Microsoft Policy: whatever dies, dies. I won't bother fixing
| it, I will let MS Bugware slowly die, and move on to better
| alternatives. Online, whenever possible.
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http://www.zoliblog.com/blog/_archives/2007/3/18/2816581.html
Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole
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| The vulnerability relates to the message IE displays when Web page
| loading is aborted, Raff wrote. An attacker can rig the message by
| creating a malicious link. The message will offer a link to retry
| loading the page; hitting it brings up the attacker's page, but
| showing an arbitrary Web address, he wrote.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6167410.html
Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw
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| All recent versions of Windows are vulnerable when all recent
| versions of IE, including IE 7, are in use, according to Microsoft.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6150642.html
Microsoft Releases First IE7 Update
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| When visiting certain web pages, the Phishing Filter may increase
| CPU usage while evaluating the page contents and the system may
| become slow to respond.
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http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?shownews=19020
Information disclosure bug blights IE7 release
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| The flaw stems from error in the handling of redirections
| for URLs with the "mhtml:" URI handler. Security
| notification firm Secunia reports that the same bug
| was discovered six months ago in IE6 but remains unresolved.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ie7_first_bug/
Way Too ActiveX
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| Today, over at Symantec's Security Response Weblog, Greg Ahmad
| reveals startling--and I do mean shocking--increases in ActiveX
| vulnerabilities. According to Symantec, ActiveX vulnerabilities
| stayed in the 12- to- 15-a-year range from 2002 to 2005. For
| 2006, the number of vulnerabilities "reached 50," with 42 in
| the second half of the year--coincidentally, the same time
| period Microsoft finished up and released Internet Explorer 7.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/way_too_activex.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/33cfno
Wake up and smell the IE7!
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| The results of our study suggest that around 12.7 million websites are
| in need of a little TLC because of IE7. Maybe even more.
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http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/wake-up-and-smell-the-ie7
IE7 'critical update' causes headaches for managed desktop environments
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| As many organisations may not feel compelled to turn off automatic
| updates, they should be prepared to face this is issue when Internet
| Explorer 7 is downloaded and installed automatically.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/12/ie7_critical_update_managed_desktops/
IE 7 bugs abound
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| "But browser testers may already be at risk, according to security
| researcher Tom Ferris. Late Tuesday, Ferris released details of a potential
| security flaw in IE 7. An attacker could exploit the flaw by crafting a
| special Web page that could be used to crash the browser or gain complete
| control of a vulnerable system, Ferris said in an advisory on his Web site.
| Microsoft had no immediate comment on Ferris' alert."
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http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-6034054.html?part=rss&tag=6034054&subj=news
CLARION CALL: IE 7 Not Ready For Prime Time
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| Either leave your dog at home, or make sure it's trained better
| before inviting it into my house to make a mess on my carpet.
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http://saunderslog.com/2006/10/18/clarion-call-ie-7-not-ready-for-prime-time/
IE7 Released As High-Priority Update
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| "Looks like FF2 is already outnumbering FF 1.5, while IE7 is having a
| hard time to find followers. Will today's release as a
| high-priority, force-fed update fix this issue?"
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/02/1424203&from=rss
Attackers end-run around IE security
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| The vulnerability underscores that the improvements in security in the
| latest version of Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer 7, do not
| eliminate the threats of older components of Windows, said Gunter
| Ollmann, director of IBM Internet Security Systems' X-Force
| vulnerability research team.
|
| [...]
|
| Online criminals frequently use flaws in ActiveX to install malicious
| code on victims' PCs via their browsers. One tool - known as WebAttacker
| and sold from a Russian website for about $20 - has had great success
| in compromising the security of victims' computers.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/08/ie_security_analysis/
IE7 users: beware! Microsoft telling their staff not to touch it...
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| My mum's friend, who's been working for Microsoft for quite a while,
| just told my mum that Microsoft have started telling their employees
| not to use IE7 as it crashes a lot.
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http://forums.tauonline.org/index.php?topic=36928.0
IE7's anti-phising scheme worries small business owners
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| ...small business owners and corporations are worried that users
| will leave their sites feeling unsafe, as they are not eligable
| to smaller businesses.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1163.html
Is Internet Explorer 7 Explorer Too Locked Down for You?
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| A store owner in a bad neighborhood must balance safety against
| commerce. Too many locks and bars will keep away customers with
| the crooks. Based on Microsoft Watch reader feedback, Internet
| Explorer 7 sacrifices too much usability in the interest of safety.
|
| [...]
|
| Many Microsoft Watch readers complain of incompatibilities with
| Web sites, Web services or desktop software. Back in December, I
| wrote about one company's new satellite office devastated by an
| IE 7 upgrade, which knocked out access to CRM and e-mail software.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/how_you_see_internet_explorer_7.html
http://tinyurl.com/2opg76
IE7 breaks Outlook Printing
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| Beware, be very aware. Upgrading to Internet Explorer 7 can break
| the printing of email headers from Outlook.
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/ie7-breaks-outlook-printing-14819
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