PC World - Dump Internet Explorer until Microsoft issues patch
Sep 18, 2012 | 10:51 am
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PC World - Dump Internet Explorer until Microsoft issues patch
The full story is here
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20100...erts-warn.html
But even if you do need to use them (there are several sites for example we need to use it for), click through to the Microsoft page and follow the steps they outline to better protect yourself until they get the patch out.
The Microsoft Security Advisory from yesterday is here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...visory/2757760
http://www.pcworld.com/article/20100...erts-warn.html
But even if you do need to use them (there are several sites for example we need to use it for), click through to the Microsoft page and follow the steps they outline to better protect yourself until they get the patch out.
The Microsoft Security Advisory from yesterday is here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...visory/2757760
Sep 18, 2012 | 8:18 pm
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Yea. I haven't used it for years either. If I site won't work with Firefox, I'm not seeing it. Although I suppose I would try Chrome or Safari. But I can't recall running into a site that I couldn't see with Firefox, although there was a thread here a few years ago about such a site if I recall correctly.
Sep 18, 2012 | 8:43 pm
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Yea. I haven't used it for years either. If I site won't work with Firefox, I'm not seeing it. Although I suppose I would try Chrome or Safari. But I can't recall running into a site that I couldn't see with Firefox, although there was a thread here a few years ago about such a site if I recall correctly.
Sep 18, 2012 | 9:17 pm
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One site doesn't really give us much of a choice--the online pharmacy her insurance wants us to use.
Ouch. That's too bad. I fortunately haven't run into that.
Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
Yea. I haven't used it for years either. If I site won't work with Firefox, I'm not seeing it. Although I suppose I would try Chrome or Safari. But I can't recall running into a site that I couldn't see with Firefox, although there was a thread here a few years ago about such a site if I recall correctly.
Sep 18, 2012 | 10:41 pm
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I've already downloaded and installed the MS EMET tool. I use IE only for the web-enabled corp page that allows us to get email. It'll also work for FF but the layout is totally screwed up.