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[mcharlton1]

I guess it's about time...after four months since its release. I had to downgrade back to Win 7 because both Firefox and IE were hijacked by two different viruses within 30 seconds after I upgraded. That's another record Microsoft can put on the books. Thank goodness for Linux.

[gyffesgyffeshcr8]

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That's another record Microsoft can put on the books. Thank goodness for Linux.

I've spent the last couple of years applauding MS' increased devotion to security ideals.. MSE and IE were cream of the crop. Last few months, however, have seen both those titles fail (in MSE's case, miserably and spectacularly).

It's rather depressing; I am the office MS-hater, so now I'm eating crow, fixing violated machines AND struggling to find a good free AV replacement for MSE.. all while facing the gloating of my co-workers. Thanks for Nuttin', Balmer!

[thanxal]

My entire office was effected by something two weeks ago. I, however, just kept working away. And yes of course I snickered devilishly. I was the first to move off MS completely and this is the third time I've kept working while the rest of the office is burning down. Co-workers are now leaving MS quickly. No need to mention what OS I use. Windows 8 irks the tech dude, so the office isn't moving to it. I have a feeling there is going to be alot of aluminum computers purchased at upgrade time in a couple months.

[ChatTn23]

Thanks for the heads up, Gregg. I’m running XP and Windows 7 and 8 along with IE 8, 9 & 10 respectively. Since this seems to be a major fix-it, I’ll be sure to get them all online for the updates. I’ve not noticed any issues with any of my Windows versions yet like the other’s are stating here, but every user has different exposures threats that can harm their machines.

I expect that most of the critical updates with all of those IE versions are associated with Oracle and its inability to fix the problems with JAVA. Oracle has been tossing band-aids at that mess now for to long, and it’s not just an IE issue. It impacts every browser that it is used in and that might be what “mcharlton1” has experienced. Because it is so widely used and so widely publicized to have more holes than a sponge, Oracle has succeeded in making it as large a target the browsers it is written for. From now on it will continue to be an issue for them unless they rewrite it from the ground up, and I’m not sure that will stop attacks anymore.

[MaryMouse]

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I guess it's about time...after four months since its release. I had to downgrade back to Win 7 because both Firefox and IE were hijacked by two different viruses within 30 seconds after I upgraded. That's another record Microsoft can put on the books. Thank goodness for Linux.

[MaryMouse]

Try Comodo Dragon, and keep XP Pro until 2014!!!!!!!

[boxcar55]

I've thought for a long time that Bill gates should have served time for the billions of damage his companies unsafe software has cost the government and private citizens. But with everyone being in bed with his products that would be impossible to do. Sad days for America.