Comment Re:Open Source More Secure... maybe not (Score 1) 952
That's not completely true. The bug exists in IE5 which gets installed with W2k. So a clean install of w2k gets this bug installed.
And because IE is completely integrated into the operating system, the bug may not only manifests itself when browsing the internet, but also when browsing, say a network share?
Now I think of it, what would happen when a person has the "Enable web content in folders" option set in windows explorer?
Just browsing over (not explicitly opening) a bmp file shows it as a thumbnail in the web content bar.
It's quite probable the arbitrary code gets executed this way. Anyone in for a test?
Bottom line: Not using IE for internet browsing is smart, but you're not completely safe yet...
robby2
And because IE is completely integrated into the operating system, the bug may not only manifests itself when browsing the internet, but also when browsing, say a network share?
Now I think of it, what would happen when a person has the "Enable web content in folders" option set in windows explorer?
Just browsing over (not explicitly opening) a bmp file shows it as a thumbnail in the web content bar.
It's quite probable the arbitrary code gets executed this way. Anyone in for a test?
Bottom line: Not using IE for internet browsing is smart, but you're not completely safe yet...
robby2
