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10 Replies Last post: Jun 4, 2008 5:55 PM by Zoomer  
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May 31, 2008 8:00 PM

Safari Flaw Worse Than First Thought, Microsoft Warns

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1. May 31, 2008 10:14 PM in response to: PCWorld
Safari Flaw Worse Than First Thought, Microsoft Warns
What should I do If I have Safari to get rid of the threat?
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2. May 31, 2008 11:36 PM in response to: PCWorld
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If apple's stance on this issue is same as stated in this article, then they should discontinue safari on windows. What more? They were once pushing this piece off junk onto windows with the apple software update.

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3. Jun 2, 2008 7:47 AM in response to: PCWorld
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LOL, of course it is. Anything not made by Microsoft will be declared a security risk. this is nothing new at all.

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4. Jun 2, 2008 2:09 PM in response to: PCWorld
Safari Flaw Worse Than First Thought, Microsoft Warns
And anything that runs on an Apple has perfect impenetrable security because Steve Jobs said so. Clap your hands if you believe in fairies. Seriously, Microsoft didn't declare anything, independent security analysts did, and they are right. I will continue to not use Safari.
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5. Jun 2, 2008 2:15 PM in response to: PCWorld
Safari Flaw Worse Than First Thought, Microsoft Warns
@greenuser01: You're absolutely correct-this is not the first example of Safari falling short in the security department. There are an increasing number of companies criticizing the state of security Safari suffers from- most recently, for example, Paypal.

Their money quote? "Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what it needs to do, to protect its customers," Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer, tells Info World." http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/172911

Nice try at spinning though ...
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6. Jun 2, 2008 7:46 PM in response to: PCWorld
Safari Flaw Worse Than First Thought, Microsoft Warns
get this www.opera.com it works well has none of them bugs (you can get it for mac as well)
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7. Jun 2, 2008 9:40 PM in response to: leexgx
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agree with you. My default browser is opera . But its sad to know the fact that only less than 1% of all users have opera. A truly under-estimated browser.



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8. Jun 3, 2008 5:00 PM in response to: piyushsingh
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best thing about it (more then one heh), muti tab support (firefox sucks and so does IE 7 way of doing it), rembers each tab was open when you close the browser (firefox works only if you make sure you close the last box thats open), any popups end up in an Tab not an new window, each page can have its own settings (popup blocker set to max disable Java and so on), and if you pc crashes or opera crashed you tabs stay there once you start it back up, allso it keeps the Last page saved on the hard disk on each tab so you see what was on the page when you open opera before you refresh the page

only time i use IE7 when it does not work in opera and thats rare nowadays

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9. Jun 3, 2008 5:54 PM in response to: leexgx
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but there a few sites that dont work propery with opera. I keep firefox fox them. IE7 for msft updating and all.

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10. Jun 4, 2008 5:55 PM in response to: PCWorld
Safari Flaw Worse Than First Thought, Microsoft Warns
whitey1600 asks:
What should I do If I have Safari to get rid of the threat?

Internet Explorer automatically runs .exe files on the desktop. In Safari, edit preferences to change where downloaded files are saved. Select anywhere other than 'desktop' for the files. If the files aren't on the desktop, Internet Explorer won't automatically execute them. Microsoft is working to fix I.E.; Apple usually doesn't acknowledge a problem until they have an update available (to not encourage hackers).

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