IE & viruses -> so happy together

sunblade · 03-11-2002, 01:01 PM

First, I'm not a security guru. I play around with linux for fun, but I still do my serious work in windows. Everybody knows that IE & Windows are maybe a little lax on security, but today, IE royaly pissed me off.

I was google searching for some genesis emulation stuff (shhhh

) and I clicked a link. Mcafee popped up and said I had a virus somewhere in my user account folder (this was win2k). I decided to quarentine it and track it down. After thinking, I went back to google and clicked the link again, same virus message. WTF? So I viewed the source for the linked web page and found a nice steaming pile of VBscript dealing with Outlook Express and altering my registry (big surprise). So, I backed out of the site, cleared my cache, and delted the offline file.

What I want to say is, WHY DID MICROSOFT PUT VBSCRIPT IN IE WITH NO VISIBLE SECURITY IN THE FIRST PLACE!? I mean, you shouldn't be able to get infected just by visiting a web page. MS probably has patched IE at this point, but the fact is that it was a known virus that should have never existed in the first place. VBscript can be useful when coding ASP and the like, but it needs security constraints. At least java tries to have a security layer around applets.

Now I'm rather pissed, but something cheered me up! My package from Danger Den came today! Woohoo!

Party Time!

<edit> This was on my home machine mind you. </edit>

Brad · 03-11-2002, 01:52 PM

thats been a known issue for some time, many porn sites have used it to change your homepage and stuff

superart · 03-12-2002, 10:48 PM

True, IE is not the most secure browser in the world, but at least its not as unstable as Opera. Now dont get me wrong, i hate M$SFT as much as the nest geek, and i gave opera a fair shake. I even made it into my default browser for a couple months, but i kept experiencing the same problem: frequent crashes. I loved opera, and think it is a better browser than IE, if only they could get it to be more stable, i would use it exclusively. Another thing, why are you useing macafe virus? Norton is better by far.

03-11-2002, 01:01 PM	#1
sunblade Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 156	IE & viruses -> so happy together First, I'm not a security guru. I play around with linux for fun, but I still do my serious work in windows. Everybody knows that IE & Windows are maybe a little lax on security, but today, IE royaly pissed me off. I was google searching for some genesis emulation stuff (shhhh ) and I clicked a link. Mcafee popped up and said I had a virus somewhere in my user account folder (this was win2k). I decided to quarentine it and track it down. After thinking, I went back to google and clicked the link again, same virus message. WTF? So I viewed the source for the linked web page and found a nice steaming pile of VBscript dealing with Outlook Express and altering my registry (big surprise). So, I backed out of the site, cleared my cache, and delted the offline file. What I want to say is, WHY DID MICROSOFT PUT VBSCRIPT IN IE WITH NO VISIBLE SECURITY IN THE FIRST PLACE!? I mean, you shouldn't be able to get infected just by visiting a web page. MS probably has patched IE at this point, but the fact is that it was a known virus that should have never existed in the first place. VBscript can be useful when coding ASP and the like, but it needs security constraints. At least java tries to have a security layer around applets. Now I'm rather pissed, but something cheered me up! My package from Danger Den came today! Woohoo! Party Time! <edit> This was on my home machine mind you. </edit>

03-11-2002, 01:52 PM	#2
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	thats been a known issue for some time, many porn sites have used it to change your homepage and stuff __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

03-12-2002, 10:48 PM	#3
superart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: FL Posts: 787	True, IE is not the most secure browser in the world, but at least its not as unstable as Opera. Now dont get me wrong, i hate M$SFT as much as the nest geek, and i gave opera a fair shake. I even made it into my default browser for a couple months, but i kept experiencing the same problem: frequent crashes. I loved opera, and think it is a better browser than IE, if only they could get it to be more stable, i would use it exclusively. Another thing, why are you useing macafe virus? Norton is better by far. __________________ When you do things right, people won't be sure youv'e done anything at all. Looking to buy/trade for used Deep Fryer and Vacume Pack Sealer.

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