Third party patches for ie flaws (again!)

[Spike]

Microsoft plans to fix the Internet Explorer (IE) createTextRange flaw during its next scheduled patch release April 11. But IT professionals who don't want to wait that long now have two third-party alternatives.

The first comes from Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based eEye Digital Security Inc. Marc Maiffret, the firm's chief hacking officer, described the fix in a message to the patch management forum hosted by Roseville, Minn.-based Shavlik Technologies LLC Monday evening.

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[altheman]

another reason to switch to firefox?? :haha:

 

[Sean]

Ughh! when is microsoft going to admit that IE is insufficent, and unsecure, they should preload FF onto there windows cds.

 

[Tedster]

IE is totally integrated in windows for a reason. No business will put a competitor's software on their own system.