Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Shun Safari 502
benjymouse writes "The Register has picked up on a recent Microsoft security bulletin which urges Windows users to 'restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple.' This controversy comes after Apple has officially refused to promise to do anything about the carpet bombing vulnerability in the Safari browser. Essentially, Apple does not see unsolicited downloads of hundreds or even thousands of executable files to users' desktops as being a security problem." Now while downloading a hundred files to your desktop won't automatically execute them, Microsoft's position is that a secondary attack could execute them for you.
Re:Accidentents. --lol (Score:5, Funny)
Oh Microsoft... (Score:4, Funny)
MS says shun Safari? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow. Just wow. (Score:5, Funny)
Whooosh
Re:Accidentents. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow. Just wow. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:doesn't work? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh Microsoft... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Accidentents. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Accidentents. (Score:5, Funny)
Denial of Service (Score:4, Funny)
Re:prefs (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Accidentents. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Accidentents. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Accidentents. --lol (Score:5, Funny)
I found this a bit more interesting (Score:5, Funny)
Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?
What if Apple's security team had said no?
My experience (Score:2, Funny)
But I was on the G5, so it was like getting a marriage proposal from a Venusian.
It's so nice, getting security lectures from Microsoft.
Happy days at Microsoft (Score:3, Funny)
Dangerous vulnerability in all existing browsers! (Score:2, Funny)
Let's analyze these components one by one.
The tilde ~ is an unusual character - many people do not even know its name, so it is difficult for tech support to help you with this over the phone!
The next part -
The next component is obviously gibberish with a seemingly innocent '.default' tacked on for respectability!
And then "Cache" - what is this? Some mispelling of the word "cash?" As in, they want our money as ransom to fix these crippling bugs?
Nay, I say, we must rise up! Rebel against these secretive 'hackers' before they can control our desktop!