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A warning issued by Israeli security firm GreyMagic Software last month revealed a total of nine vulnerabilities in IE 5.5 and 6.0, all concerning object caching.
A warning issued by Israeli security firm GreyMagic Software last month revealed a total of nine vulnerabilities in IE 5.5 and 6.0, all concerning object caching. At the time of writing, Microsoft has not responded with new patches. Meanwhile, security consultancy PivX Solutions lists a running total of 32 unpatched vulnerabilities (http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/). As ever, though, the problem doesn't stop once patches are provided. A recent poll on the Virus Bulletin website asked visitors whether they update their systems frequently with the latest security patches. One would like to assume that visitors to VB's website are at least a little interested in securing their PCs. While 69% said yes, 31% of participants said they do not regularly apply security patches to their systems.
22 October 2002
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VB100 certification
The final VB100 of the year sees a double whammy of potential
pitfalls for our comparative participants - the
Vista operating system, which still seems shiny
and new as well as a little scary (to both developers and users), as well
as the x64 architecture, whose ostensible compatibility with standard
32-bit software belies oddities and intricacies that developers ignore at
their peril. The announcement of the test brought a few surprises, as
several regulars opted to skip this one, but the majority of veteran
competitors took part as usual, along with several newer faces, many of
whom look set to join the ranks of our regulars.
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