News (7)

  • Microsoft warns of unpatched IE flaw

    Microsoft has issued a security advisory for Internet Explorer, after a research firm published a working exploit to demonstrate how attackers could take advantage of the flaw.

  • Major browsers bitten by security bugs

    For every browser, a security bug.

  • Microsoft releases monster IE patch

    Microsoft urged Windows users to download a fix for Internet Explorer, following the company's announcement that six new flaws had been found in its Web browser.

  • New IE may burst pop-up bubble

    Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.

  • Cookie monster patch: Locking down IE

    Microsoft has updated its recent Security bulletin by adding a patch to address all previously known cookie vulnerabilities affecting IE 5.5 Service Pack 2 and IE 6, as well as three new security holes. Make sure you are protected, especially over the holidays.

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Features and Case Studies (4)

  • More IE threats surface

    Two new Microsoft Internet Explorer threats haven't been patched and since one of them is addressed in Windows XP Service Pack 2, users may have to wait until the release of that Service Pack.

  • Microsoft releases critical updates for IE, Workstation service

    Nearly all versions of Internet Explorer need to be updated to fix critical flaws released in Security Bulletin MS03-048. Plus, there's bulletin MS03-049, which reveals a new flaw in the Workstation service of two versions of Windows.

  • New threat exposes Internet Explorer, again

    Microsoft Internet Explorer contains two newly discovered flaws. Here are the details on patching the holes and a look at how Microsoft seems to be dancing around the problem.

  • Beware of critical new IE vulnerabilities

    Although several of the new vulnerabilities in IE are classified as only moderate threats, an HTML buffer overrun flaw could allow attackers to gain user-level access to any computer that connects to a malicious Web site or that opens an HTML e-mail.

Reviews (4)

  • Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3

    Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser while adding some much-needed security features.

  • New IE may burst pop-up bubble

    Pop-up advertisements have thrived for years despite numerous efforts to eradicate them, but now online marketers are seriously wondering whether the Web's most detested ad format is about to meet its match: Microsoft.

  • Why I wish Netscape had survived

    The settlement of the legal battle between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner means Netscape can now be taken off life support and the body harvested for any useful parts that remain.

  • New threat exposes Internet Explorer, again

    Microsoft Internet Explorer contains two newly discovered flaws. Here are the details on patching the holes and a look at how Microsoft seems to be dancing around the problem.

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