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IE flaw lets intruders into Google Desktop
Cnet ^ | December 2, 2005, 1:31 PM PT | Joris Evers

Posted on 12/02/2005 4:03:11 PM PST by JustAnotherOkie

A security researcher in Israel has found a way to steal information from unwitting users of Google's desktop search tool by exploiting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer.

There is a bug in the way the Web browser processes CSS rules, Matan Gillon wrote in a description of his hack posted on Wednesday. CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is a method for setting common styles across multiple Web pages. The Web design technique is widely used on many sites across the Internet.

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KEYWORDS: desktop; explorer; google; ie; microsoft
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To: capt. norm
Makes me wonder what you are using.

First, I've got to say good job of being able to use 58 machines at the same time. You must be tired clicking away on all of them, watching for Firefox crashes. (Do you think that maybe, just maybe, it doesn't get back to you every time Firefox crashes? Just maybe?)

I'm using all windows XP with the latest updates. Dell desktop and Fujitsu laptop at home. No-name brand at work. The crashing problem is getting better but it still crashes more than IE. Never had a crash with Opera.

21 posted on 12/04/2005 7:32:48 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
The people who use the 58 computers I mentioned work at an NBC tv affiliate where I work as system administrator, among other things.

Not only would they tell me about a Firefox crash. they call me for such things as their mouse pointer running off the screen (and can't find it), putting a CD in upside down (& why won't it work that way), etc.

Keep in mind that most of the users a news reporters. That should explain a lot, especially if you've ever been around them much. Never have problems with accounting or graphic arts and they have more sophisticated machines.

In the Weather Dept. (my main job) we have a mini-net of 8 machines....nary a problem there.

If anyone could crash anything, it's news reporters.

22 posted on 12/04/2005 8:28:57 AM PST by capt. norm (Beware of the "White-Flag Democrats"...we all know who they are.)
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To: JustAnotherOkie

is desktop any more secure these days and what other program can do the same?


23 posted on 12/16/2010 7:24:21 PM PST by Coleus (The Immaculate Conception: O Mary, conceived without sin, Pray for us, who have recourse to Thee)
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