[Solar-general] RE: Hay acuerdo Microsoft-Gobierno Argentino

Sab Jul 3 16:07:45 CEST 2004

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 09:15:55 -0300, Jorge Crom wrote
> DIego:
> 

gracias!

> Esto me llegó hoy.
> 
> Un abrazo.
> 
> Jorge
> 
> US Government warns against Internet Explorer
> 
> Internet Exploder will harm your machine
> 
> By Tamlin Magee: miércoles 30 junio 2004, 13:54
> 
>  THE US GOVERNMENT has sent out a warning out to internet users 
> through its Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), pleading 
> users to stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Following a 
> malware attack last week which targeted a known flaw in IE, like so 
> many other attacks, the US-CERT recommended using alternative 
> browsers thanks to their increased security. Microsoft is hurriedly 
> trying to increase IE's security with the Windows XP Service Pack 2, 
> but it's not fast enough for many.
> 
> In a vulnerability note released by US-CERT, it says "there are a 
> number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies relating to 
> the IE domain" and that "it is possible to reduce exposure to these 
> vulnerabilities by using a different web browser." Well, they're right.
> 
> The latest "extremely critical" IE bug has still not been patched by
> Microsoft. µ
> 
> L'INQ
> Internetnews.com
> US-CERT
> Business Week Internet Explorer is just too risky

-- 
Diego Saravia 
dsa en unsa.edu.ar