Posted on 01/18/2020 11:49:22 AM PST by dayglored
You can download Microsoft Edge which is the replacement for IE. It now uses chromium software that the competitor Google Chrome uses.....
Yeah, Microsoft finally admitted that their custom “EdgeHTML” engine simply did not work well enough to survive, so since they needed Edge, they rebuilt it with Chromium. Meaning that Google’s Chrome browser, Microsoft’s Edge browser, and the security-focused Brave browser, are all using the same basic underlying code. Which is, BTW, open source. So I think it’s a good thing.
I've used Brave to good effect.
new Edge browser was available 1/16 is actually their adoption of Chrome
Microsoft’s new Edge browser, a Chrome cousin, is ready to download
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-new-edge-browser-a-chrome-cousin-is-ready-to-download/
Once again, so glad all my home machines are now Linux. Microsoft and their zero-day exploits and patch-Tuesdays can go pound sand.
Using a Virtual Machine (VM), whether VirtualBoz, VMware, or something else, is a great approach. It’s important, though to limit the resources that the VM can “touch” — external hard drives, VM host directories, etc. — so that if the VM does get hit, the malware only destroys the VM itself.
It’s a virtual certainty, if only because we all get VERY accustomed to the particular interface of our main browser, and any other, even if it’s “better”, is going to present a re-learning experience.
Nature of the beast.
Sort of. The basic HTML engine is “Chromium”, which is a large open-source package. Google uses that and adds its own Google-specific sauce. The Brave browser does the same thing except their Brave-specific sauce is more security-focused. Now Microsoft is doing the same thing, except they’re layering their “Edge” visual interface over the Chromium base.
That’s why, although they all look a little different, they can all use pretty much the same browser extensions.
So strictly speaking, Microsoft is not “adopting Chrome”. They’re using the same HTML engine (Chromium) that Google uses in their Chrome browser.
The code directs all searches and webpages to www.nsa.gov
Bingo. When are companies going to realize keeping up with all the Windows patches is costing them real money, hand over fist?
I know the client account I work on had expended a lot of unbudgeted hours on determining what needs this latest patch, how to schedule it outside the normal patching schedule, etc. And I know the Windows admins are all working nights since this was announced, and are working extra this weekend. It is really causing trouble on several projects that had to be put on hold until this was fixed. All because they are using an immature, inappropriate OS for their applications.
And then there is the patching of all the users laptops... This is a nightmare.
Ck w CU Mon!
That’s the beauty of open source. If in fact there was such as redirect going on, it would be visible to all.
Of course, if Microsoft, or Google, or anyone else using Chromium, adds that “feature” themselves in their “customized” part of the browser, then all bets are off.
But it hardly matters. The NSA gets whatever they want to get, other than the user-key-encrypted data using Apple’s AES encryption, or GnuPG/PGP encryption with 4K keys, which are acknowledged to be unbreakable with current (or near-future) cracking techniques.
Microsoft: My sieve is leaking!
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/ADV200001
Just right click on the settings == bars at the end of the top toolbar in Firefox and hit Menu Bar or use the Alt key and the letter for each drop down menu you want (Alt+B for bookmarks..). But it should be there by default.
… and yes, there are still big corporate pages that work properly only with IE.
I find that hard to believe, but possible. IE is among the worst. The old pre-Qauntum Firefox was best for functionality.
Waterfox and Basilisk, or as a second browser (less secure) Firefox ESR 59.2 https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/59.0/win64/en-US/ offers the more functionality with extensions
But disconnect from the Internet before you first once you run it quickly go to Options>advanced>update (about:preferences#advanced) and choose Never update, then connect.
my goodness, windows 7 drops support and all these wild viruses and vulnerabilities start showing up all of a sudden?
Could soem of it be scare monguering to switch ot windows 10?
Unlikely, since a) the biggest flaw from Patch Tuesday was Windows 10 and Server 2016/2019 specific, didn’t affect Windows 7; and b) this new IE flaw affects all versions equally (as far as I can tell).
So if it’s an attempt to scare Win7 users over to Win10, it’s a failure.
I wish I understood just half about what you’ll are talking about...
That’s part of the trade off when one wants to be able to reach out and touch anyone at any time and hopes for security.
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