lol Internet Explorer

[Olo401]

True MS does most of their patching on Patch Tuesday (2nd tues of every month) for numerous reasons, however they do release major (IE: a fix for this exploit) fixes whenever they finalize it. MS is updating more than just a internet browser, and you have no idea how much of a hassle it is to not have a set schedule for updates.

And this is the root of the problem. They have so much of the code for the browser built into the operating system, as a way to make their shitty browser faster and more competitive with Firefox, that any flaw in the browser is automatically a security hole in the OS.

[Pikarya]

I used to always use IE7 with the IE7pro add-on until last fall until I got script raped along with constant browser crashing. Ever since then I have switched to FF3 with all those security add-ons just because of that.

Personally, I'm not a person that really cares about the plugins, or even the themes for that matter. And things like the Awesomebar (which have limited advanced customization ability as it is) are really a turn off for me.

In the end, even though I'm not a 100% fan of either browser. If I had to choose between the two right now it would be FF3, mainly due to stability of the program, and the function security addons. Otherwise, bleh.

[MisterBob]

I kinda lol'd at this. People don't realize the kind of money that mmo accounts can get. These criminals are financially motivated, just not in the traditional sense. But yeah lol IE, I'm so glad that my work encourages employees to use firefox.

Uh no. Stealing a single credit card is literally at LEAST 10 times more effective than stealing an MMO account.

[Neometalrain]

"I love the amount [of] retardation in this thread"

^_^

I vote for an immediate banning of this grammar Nazi since he's contributing nothing to this thread.

^_^

[Yuri-G]

kinda lol'd at this part

Yea, who is an internet expert and how do I get that job? Sounds cushy.

[SephYuyX]

Have to be a friend of Al Gore.

[fantasticdan]

Uh no. Stealing a single credit card is literally at LEAST 10 times more effective than stealing an MMO account.

You're saying the people stealing and selling MMO accounts aren't financially motivated? Of coarse you can make more money stealing peoples credit card information, but there's also a lot of risk involved, and you could easily ruin your life and end up in prison. As opposed to stealing/selling MMO accounts which is virtually risk free.

[Plow]

The websites have been mostly serving up programs that steal computer game passwords, but the flaw could be "adopted by more financially motivated criminals", a Trend Micro security researcher said on Monday.

I love that they think people stealing computer game passwords are not financially motivated.


didn't see someone already said that >.>