Re: Security Alert: Unofficial IE patches appear on internet

[n3td3v <n3td3v () gmail com>]

On 3/28/06, bart.lansing () hushmail com <bart.lansing () hushmail com> wrote:
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> Opinion on actual topic forthcoming:
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> As someone not hiding behind a pseudo-leet handle, who actually
> does get to deal with ramifications of Microsoft's (and others, of
> course) patch policies,  I heartily endorse the release of the eEye
> patch as beneficial and as a patch that will be in the hands of
> large numbers of users outside the infosec community in short
> order.  In fact, it already is.  The Washington Post,
> ComputerWorld, ZDNet, Business Wire, The Register, and a host of
> others are all publicing its existence...kudos to them.



I would laugh if this wasn't such a serious issue, but even if its mentioned
on those sites, thats still not effective enough to give a safe alternative
to a Micrsoft patch, which is delivered almost automatically since service
pack two.

To say your average single mom or eldery couple can be relied on to visit
those sites you've mentioned, (much of them U-S based), is frankly a
complete joke for a world-wide bug effecting world wide end user systems.

Single moms, eldery couples, visit your nearest U-S based news outlet for
patches! Oh, I can see the mess which is about to unfold as soon as you
confuse the consumer about that, and before you do that, should you give the
consumer a list of "safe U-S media news sites". You can bet the phishers are
going to setup web pages, and perhaps even claiming via e-mail that Zdnet or
whatever is telling them about a third party patch "click here to download"
or "click here to visit the eeye website". Great stuff, you must admit. No
seriously.

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