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Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro warn of a new strain of malware that targets a recently-patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7. Successful exploitation results in remote code execution in the form of a malicious .dll file. During "Patch Tuesday" last week, Microsoft addressed a critical ... |
18 February 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Microsoft has patched two security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP SP3, which could have allowed an attacker to perform remote code execution on a vulnerable computer in the eventuality of a successful exploit. However, Microsoft indicated that both s... |
11 February 2009
07:25 GMT |
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We recently reported that Sony had launched new firmware updates for its top of the line consoles, the PlayStation 3 home entertainment system and the PlayStation Portable handheld console. The versions in question, 2.5 and 5.0 respectively, have brought many new features to the two consoles, like the opportunity to ... |
28 October 2008
02:14 GMT |
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Even with Internet Explorer 8 in the oven, and Beta 2 available for download since the end of August 2008, Microsoft is not losing focus of IE7. As of September 10, the Redmond company started offering a fix for a memory leak affecting Internet Explorer 7 while running on Windows XP, including Service Pack2 and SP3, ... |
12 September 2008
07:20 GMT |
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Whatever you do, do not touch the latest version of Internet Explorer 7.0 when the download is advertised via unsolicited emails. According to security company Lavasoft, a wave of spammed emails is inciting recipients with the perspective of installing the latest release of IE7. This is, of course, not the case. Firs... |
14 August 2008
12:35 GMT |
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Although Microsoft claims that both Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 play well with Windows XP Service pack 3 RTM, the fact of the matter is that there are a few subtleties that cause the browsers to become permanent components of the operating system, rather than offering the uninstall option. The ... |
13 May 2008
02:54 GMT |
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The fact that it hasn't included Internet Explorer 7 as a default component of Windows XP SP3 has not stopped Microsoft from making available a new version of the browser as a standalone download accompanying the service pack's release. XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, ... |
8 May 2008
03:28 GMT |
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Security company Symantec has warned of new attacks targeting Windows Vista via a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7. The exploit is designed to speculate copies of the operating system that have not been patched with the security updates released by Microsoft on June 12, 2007. The Speech Control Memory Co... |
22 June 2007
11:39 GMT |
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On the heels of Apple's Safari 3.0, made available for Windows Vista and Windows XP on the first day of the Cupertino-based company's Worldwide Developers Conference 2007, Microsoft responded by launching an optimized version of Internet Explorer 7. The refresh delivered to the Microsoft browser bridges the... |
12 June 2007
08:15 GMT |
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I am more than sure that you are all familiar with the yellow warning bar when browsing with Internet Explorer. Make no mistakes about it, the warnings are a security measure and has been implemented to deliver additional protection. Internet Explorer 7 makes no exception and it too will feature warnings such as the ... |
26 April 2007
04:19 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista runs by default in Protected Mode. In this context, all the IE7 processes in Windows Vista run with extremely restricted privileges, literately isolating the browser from the rest of the operating system. Microsoft has aimed to secure IE, by bulletproofing one of the most common a... |
24 April 2007
10:34 GMT |
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Configuration setting in Internet Explorer 7 can be the source of a few issues including poor performance, error messages and even browser unresponsiveness. But IE7 can be optimized or reseted in order to resolve problems. One of the most frequent causes of slow performance and error messages are corrupted temporary ... |
24 April 2007
08:38 GMT |
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There is a variety of issues impacting Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista. And the Redmond Company has centralized the prolific problems in a single resource designed to provide assistance in troubleshooting IE7 on Vista. The Windows Vista IE7 collection of problems involves the inability to surf the Internet, slow... |
23 April 2007
09:26 GMT |
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The future of the Internet Explorer 8.0 public bug Connect Database is being decided over at Microsoft. A Microsoft Product Manager working with the Internet Explorer developer division revealed that the Redmond Company was unhappy with the way it managed tester feedback with IE7. "In the IE7 timeframe, with the conn... |
13 April 2007
12:35 GMT |
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Just as Linux and Apple are perceived by default as the most secure operating systems on the market in comparison to Windows, Firefox has a big advantage over Internet Explorer in terms of user protection. And the customer perception of the two browsers has rubbed off on the latest versions Firefox 2.0 and Internet E... |
5 April 2007
12:05 GMT |
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The recent critical vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling has brought the heat down on Mozilla. The reason for this is the fact that Firefox 2.0 can be used as an attack vector to exploit the .ANI file vulnerability in Windows Vista, just as much as Internet Explorer 7. Yesterday you have been able to wat... |
5 April 2007
10:24 GMT |
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In order to bulletproof Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft has introduced Protect Mode in Windows Vista. In Microsoft's latest operating system, the browser is set by default to run with very low administrative privileges in order to add protection and to mitigate attacks via the IE. However, it is important that yo... |
5 April 2007
06:42 GMT |
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Concomitantly with the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Update for April 2007, Microsoft has reinstated support for Internet Explorer 6. As Microsoft Lead Program Manager, Christopher Vaughan stated even before Microsoft had made available IE7, back at the end of August 2006, the lifecycle for Internet Explorer 6 Service ... |
3 April 2007
11:47 GMT |
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The adoption of Internet Explorer 7 is growing in momentum. Back on October 18, 2006, Microsoft made available for download the final version of Internet Explorer 7. The release was designed for Windows XP. Windows Vista ships with its own variant of Internet Explorer 7 that also had a “+” in the name to a certain po... |
2 April 2007
08:41 GMT |
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Security company Sophos describes in detail what users will get when they download an install Internet Explorer 7. However, Sophos did not focus on the final version of Internet Explorer 7 as delivered by Microsoft via its official download web page or through Automatic Updates. Instead, Sophos has analyzed Internet ... |
30 March 2007
11:25 GMT |
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0 is finding it difficult to breathe with the saturation that Microsoft is delivering by pushing Internet Explorer 7 via Automatic Updates. This is the conclusion presented by Web metrics company Janco Associates. The management consulting firm has revealed that Internet Explorer 7 has impacted the ... |
30 March 2007
07:08 GMT |
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Yes, you have read right. Download Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 right this minute. Sounds like a deja vu, doesn't it. Following October 18, 2006 when the Redmond Company made available the final version of IE7, phrases like the one that marked the introduction became a thing of the past. Well, no more. T... |
30 March 2007
03:50 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 7 runs with lower privileges than Notepad in Windows Vista. A common scenario where this detail becomes evident is when you attempt to view the source code of a web page, but only from Windows Vista. If you choose View and then Source or simply right click and then from the contextual menu select Vi... |
29 March 2007
06:18 GMT |
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Internet Explorer has been under siege in the last half of 2006. This is by no means an overstatement. Due to its wide audience, Microsoft is the dominant presence on the browser market with a share of approximately 80%, Internet Explorer is the ideal and prevalent target for attacks over the Internet. The fact that... |
24 March 2007
06:49 GMT |
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Google has been hurt and left bleeding by the release of Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. While the Mountain View Company deals with a totally different business than Microsoft's Vista and IE7, the truth is that both the operating system and the browser have breathed new life in Microsoft's presence o... |
21 March 2007
05:51 GMT |
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In order to comprehend the effort that Microsoft has put behind enhancing the security of Internet Explorer 7 you have to get an insight on the set of features integrated in the browser with the sole purpose of adding protection. No less than 13 features work in concert to bulletproof IE7. Firefox currently has a cle... |
20 March 2007
07:36 GMT |
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With some corporations and organizations showing timidity in making the jump to Internet Explorer 7, along with Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System, Microsoft has put together a technology overview of the latest version of its browser. The documentation is focused on enterprise clients and is designed to deliver... |
20 March 2007
07:09 GMT |
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer currently owns the lion share of the browser market, but its domination has been continuously eroded by the increasing adoption of Mozilla's Firefox. Researchers with the SANS Institute revealed that Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7 are on equal terms when it comes to the pe... |
20 March 2007
05:34 GMT |
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This may be interpreted in a variety of ways. Using incentives to push Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Live Search will undoubtedly generate criticism that the Redmond Company is taking advantage of its monopoly on the operating system market to push Microsoft Service Credits for Web Search. The fact of the matter is... |
19 March 2007
03:48 GMT |
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This is a definitive guide to the top 8 plug-ins available for Internet Explorer 7. These must have add-ons will enable you to enhance and personalize Internet Explorer 7 and get the best experience possible out of Microsoft's browser. These top eight add-ons have been "hand picked" by Microsoft out of in excess... |
17 March 2007
07:01 GMT |
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The smackdown between Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox has advanced to a new stage with the versions 7, 9.1 and 2.0 of the browsers. Just as it is the case with the operating systems, browser products are also compared in a variety of aspects, from security to customization to the options each application deliver... |
17 March 2007
06:26 GMT |
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If you use Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista, you might fall in a freshly dug cross-scripting hole. The newly discovered vulnerability impacting Internet Explorer was reported by security researcher Aviv Raff. "Internet Explorer 7.0 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in one of its local ... |
16 March 2007
03:45 GMT |
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As part of bulletproofing Windows Vista, in the development process, Microsoft has extracted the DHTML Editing Control. But while narrowing the surface area for attacks and increasing the overall security of the operating system, Microsoft has also impacted users running Internet Explorer 7 integrated into Windows Vi... |
15 March 2007
03:46 GMT |
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