It doesn't affect all versions of IE. It requires the Internalization plugin to be installed first.jdow wrote:
Of course you do know of the recent exploits found for Mozilla, aren't you, Brian? What's this "No antivirus needed" I hear about for Linux?
First of all, that's not a Linux virus, or a Linux anything. It's a fault in the browser and affects Windows just as much as Linux.
Secondly, it's not a virus. No amount of Linux or Windows anti-virus software will protect you against it. It requires a patch to the browser, which is likely to happen much quicker from Mozilla than it would from Microsoft (who would no doubt have kept the information quiet in the hopes that they could just ignore it, until it eventually leaked to the press and they had to do something about it pronto).
You were right to point out that this is not a virus or trojan but a problem with trust and lack of knowledge. It is a fair exploit of a feature that was poorly implemented.
It made the press as it was a flaw first noticed in Mozilla and Firefox, as well as Opera or any browser designed for tomorrows usage. The IE supporters jumped on the problem (I won't use flaw as it really isn't). Of course they will ignore the unfixed holes in IE.
-- Robin Laing
