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Offline doleboy

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Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« on: February 02, 2009, 08:12:26 AM »
For all you firefox lovers.  Read it and weep :t
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-264761.html?tag=nl.e539
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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2009, 08:47:42 AM »
Quote from: doleboy on February 02, 2009, 08:12:26 AM
For all you firefox lovers.  Read it and weep :t
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-264761.html?tag=nl.e539

Uhh IE has so many flaws they need a dictionary. It's the biggest threat to computer security since Windows.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2009, 09:21:16 AM »
Firefox is still more secure than IE.

One good deed isn't enough to redeem IE from a lifetime of wickedness.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2009, 06:27:34 AM »
According to the article you linked, the current version of IE is vulnerable to this hack.  It's the next version of IE, version 8, that will not fall victim to it:

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However, chief executive of Australian security consultancy Novologica, Nishad Herath, told ZDNet.com.au that after running Sood's proof of concept he found that Internet Explorer 8 (release candidate 1 and beta 2 versions) and Opera 9.63 (the latest version) were not exposed to the flaw. But, like Chrome, Firefox 3.0.5 was exposed
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2009, 08:03:53 AM »
Opera wins over all. Again.

I used to love Firefox. It is rubbish compared to Opera.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2009, 09:06:36 AM »
Quote from: Xasthur on February 03, 2009, 08:03:53 AM
Opera wins over all. Again.

I used to love Firefox. It is rubbish compared to Opera.

I switched from Opera TO Firefox. I was running into more and more sites that Opera wouldn't/couldn't display correctly.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2009, 09:26:41 AM »
I run firefox. Works fine by me. I noticed the new version loads faster than the old version.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2009, 05:39:24 PM »
Quote from: Xasthur on February 03, 2009, 08:03:53 AM
Opera wins over all. Again.

I used to love Firefox. It is rubbish compared to Opera.

I use Opera; I especially like it's ability to turn on or off Javascript on a domain by domain basis.  But, as The Fugitive mentions, there are tons of web pages that flat out don't work right with Opera.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2009, 08:01:13 PM »
And firefox will have a fix within a few days as opposed to IE's traditional once per month....sometimes.

Firefox updates its software for me sometimes a couple of times a week with fixes.
So I have every confidence this hole wont be around for long.

I CANT say that about IE.

Also I occasionally run both Firefox and IE. So I can say with certainty I can compare the two side by side.
I've never gotten gotten a virus or bug while using Firefox, (Particularly while usng "NoScript")

I cant say that about IE
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2009, 09:52:28 PM »
Firefox with NoScript, AdBlocker Plus!, and IETab. Very nice.
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2009, 12:14:27 AM »
Quote from: OOZ662 on February 03, 2009, 09:52:28 PM
Firefox with NoScript, AdBlocker Plus!, and IETab. Very nice.

Oh yea. Cant forget adblock
Forget the dangers. Its worth it just not to see all the ads
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Re: Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2009, 07:38:36 AM »
indeed. I even forgot there were ads on the internet... it should come as standard almost with firefox.
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