The link was for a lot of versions of IE,
some of which don't run on XP. I try not
to use IE. Sometimes I had to use it at
some Microsoft Web sites. Okay.
Mozilla will let me install a new version of
Firefox, but Microsoft won't let me install
a new version of IE or let me patch an
old version of IE. Bummer.
I'd be reluctant to let my 2003 copy
of Word open a file from an untrusted
source. I do next to nothing with Word.
Occasionally I run the 2003 version of
Excel: I generate the data outside of
Excel using whatever software I write
and then pull the data into Excel for
graphing. I don't try to use Excel files
from other people.
So, Flash can hurt even if I don't run it!
Wow. Looks like Adobe worked really hard
to help the hackers.
Does Microsoft really want the their
security holes fixed?
Gee, in a big company, how can people
pass around Word, Excel, and HTM files?
One infected file, and many of the
computers in the company can get infected.
Whatever happened to the idea that a program
that reads data checks to see if the
data is okay and makes sure that
bad data can't cause the program to
hurt anything? That was the
long the implicit, expected standard, right?
If someone can send me a DOC file for
Word and, reading that file, Word
infects my computer, then Word is junk,
and Microsoft writes junk software.
Bill and Satya need to get on the case
here.
Microsoft's infected toxic-ware?
It's been a long time, Microsoft --
time to fix this stuff.
On time sharing, it was the case
that any user could write and run
any software at all with no damage
to the operating system or to any other
user. Why is it possible at all to
run software as a user on Windows and
hurt Windows? Bummer.
Microsoft,
we need some guarantees, or at least
strong assurances with, say, a
major bounty program, that such things
just are not possible. How about
a bounty of $1 for the first bug and
for each subsequent bug double the
bounty? How 'bout that Bill?
Risk your fortune or fix the bugs?
Thanks for a definition of "drive by".
The link was for a lot of versions of IE, some of which don't run on XP. I try not to use IE. Sometimes I had to use it at some Microsoft Web sites. Okay.
Mozilla will let me install a new version of Firefox, but Microsoft won't let me install a new version of IE or let me patch an old version of IE. Bummer.
I'd be reluctant to let my 2003 copy of Word open a file from an untrusted source. I do next to nothing with Word.
Occasionally I run the 2003 version of Excel: I generate the data outside of Excel using whatever software I write and then pull the data into Excel for graphing. I don't try to use Excel files from other people.
So, Flash can hurt even if I don't run it! Wow. Looks like Adobe worked really hard to help the hackers.
Does Microsoft really want the their security holes fixed?
Gee, in a big company, how can people pass around Word, Excel, and HTM files? One infected file, and many of the computers in the company can get infected.
Whatever happened to the idea that a program that reads data checks to see if the data is okay and makes sure that bad data can't cause the program to hurt anything? That was the long the implicit, expected standard, right?
If someone can send me a DOC file for Word and, reading that file, Word infects my computer, then Word is junk, and Microsoft writes junk software. Bill and Satya need to get on the case here.
Microsoft's infected toxic-ware? It's been a long time, Microsoft -- time to fix this stuff.
On time sharing, it was the case that any user could write and run any software at all with no damage to the operating system or to any other user. Why is it possible at all to run software as a user on Windows and hurt Windows? Bummer.
Microsoft, we need some guarantees, or at least strong assurances with, say, a major bounty program, that such things just are not possible. How about a bounty of $1 for the first bug and for each subsequent bug double the bounty? How 'bout that Bill? Risk your fortune or fix the bugs?