[Boing Boing Blog] MSFT: don't click on links, type them in by hand

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:18:11 +1300
From: Hugh Lilly <h.lilly () gmx net>
Subject: Fwd: [Boing Boing Blog] MSFT: don't click on links,
 type them in by hand
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>, Dave Farber <dave () farber net>

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Subject: [Boing Boing Blog] MSFT: don't click on links, type them in by hand
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:15
From: Cory Doctorow <doctorow () craphound com>
To: boingboing-mailblog () yahoogroups com

Microsoft's crxxxxare browser, Explorer, has more security vulnerabilities 
than
my block has dope-dealers, but this is ridiculous. MSFT now advises its users
to not click links, but rather to type them in by hand:

        The most effective step that you can take to help protect yourself from
        malicious hyperlinks is not to click them. Rather, type the URL of your
        intended destination in the address bar yourself. By manually typing the URL
        in the address bar, you can verify the information that Internet Explorer
        uses to access the destination Web site. To do so, type the URL in the
        Address bar, and then press ENTER.

Or, you could, you know, just Download Mozilla.

Link: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5Bln%5D;833786

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