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Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
News Some users have found that even after the patch is applied, IE can still be used to access resources with a URL password, contrary to Microsoft's claims. A critical security patch released this week that fixes vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer...
[February 4, 2004, 13:05]
Microsoft patch jams up IE
News Microsoft's patch on Tuesday included a fix for a critical security flaw in Windows that is being exploited in online attacks against IE users and three other bugs. The problem with the patch can be solved by deleting the key from the Windows...
[December 19, 2005, 8:50]
Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE
News Microsoft released an emergency patch on Tuesday to protect Internet Explorer users from a hole in technology used to build ActiveX controls and other web application components that has been targeted in attacks.
[July 29, 2009, 8:45]
Microsoft to users: Patch IE now!
News Microsoft has released a security patch to plug a hole in its Web browser that could allow hackers to steal passwords and trick people into downloading virulent files. Microsoft said customers using Internet Explorer versions 5.5 and 6.0 should...
[December 17, 2001, 8:41]
Microsoft may rush out IE patch
News Microsoft may offer an Internet Explorer security update before its next official Patch Tuesday. The patch is being tested now, and if it is done before Microsoft's next scheduled patch release day on 10 October, the company will release it, the...
[September 26, 2006, 9:55]
Microsoft takes a week to issue patch for IE hole
News It has taken Microsoft almost a week to issue a patch for a serious HTML vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), which would allow hackers to gain access to a user's cookies and expose the sensitive information that they contain.
[November 15, 2001, 13:50]
US Report: Microsoft issues patch for IE bug
News Microsoft is telling people who use the affected programs to first download its Internet Explorer 4.01 and then get the patch from the company's Web site. The company said it rushed to get out a patch before making the bug public in order not to...
[September 7, 1998, 9:21]
'Critical' Microsoft patch may crash IE
News It is one of a dozen security updates that Microsoft released last week on Patch Tuesday. It plans to re-release the bulletin and patch on 22 August for all affected users. In June, it had to fix a patch that caused network connection trouble for...
[August 16, 2006, 9:05]
Microsoft is forced to issue SSL patch for IE
News Microsoft released a patch for the SSL flaw, and labeled it a "critical" upgrade. Microsoft says that network administrators should "consider" installing this patch. Cumulative IE Patch A patch is available that replaces this ActiveX component with...
[September 9, 2002, 16:59]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback Better yet, buy a Mac and be done with all of Microsoft's shenanigans. With all the better browsers out there for the PC, why do you people stick with the piece of trash that is IE? Do you worship the beast from Redmond so much?
[February 5, 2004, 17:06]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_HTTP_USERNAME_PASSWORD_DISABLE] iexplore.exe"=dword:00000000 explorer.exe"=dword:00000000 geircito Insert this in the registry and all user/passwords is remembered...
[February 5, 2004, 10:30]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback It's perfectly valid to pass username and password in a URL - eg over SSL, or within an otherwise secured network.schema]//[user]:[password]@[host]:[port]/[url-path] is defined in RFC 1738. The staggering thing *should* be that a major software...
[February 5, 2004, 9:02]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback Hello, Does anyone here have an alternative solution to this problem. I've been serahcing through the internet but stil can't a good solution to it. Anyone, please help. Email : limcwb@sph.com.sg Thanks so much
[June 4, 2004, 3:26]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback Surely, Microsoft can relate to that. A whole week? And that wasn't enough time to not only become aware of the news but also enough time to find everything that might give problems and solve those problems along with some serious testing?
[February 4, 2004, 22:56]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback I must be a "criminal" because each time I try to access Microsoft Internet ExplorerI get the following: "You have performed an illegal operation. Microsoft Internet Explorer will shut now shut down".
[September 19, 2004, 20:26]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback Better yet, buy a Mac and be done with all of Microsoft's shenanigans. With all the better browsers out there for the PC, why do you people stick with the piece of trash that is IE? Do you worship the beast from Redmond so much?
[February 5, 2004, 17:07]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback Microsoft was advertising this bahavior change about a week before this patch was issued. This isn't exactly news. Anyone who passes the username and password in the url needs some serious classwork time anyway.
[February 4, 2004, 17:40]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback if you dont like windows, install linux, prat.
[October 28, 2005, 21:45]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback So what non-US foreign globalized employee in what cheap-as-dirt country screwed up again for us this time?
[February 13, 2004, 7:25]
Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out
Talkback This recent gift from Microsoft has screwed up all the update forms for software that we sell to Web hosts, who have real estate agents who want to maintain their listings on the Web. As you can imagine, we are pretty annoyed to get this kind of...
[February 13, 2004, 7:20]
