Yet another reason to dump IE and go Firefox

[DigMe]

Apparently now an exploit has been found that allowes phishers to make IE display an exact duplicate of a trusted website address in the address bar and even make it show that the website is encrypted. So now when you click on those links to update your account from some poorly written email then it will show an exact replica of the page from, say, Ebay as well as appearing to have a root address of www.ebay.com in the address bar.

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brad cook

 

[Gia]

but ie is safe and familiar

firefox is strange and different.

 

[McHack]

That's quite a statement, considering it came from a girl w/ two-tone hair & a nose ring...

 

[Gia]

That's quite a statement, considering it came from a girl w/ two-tone hair & a nose ring...

i got pwned

 

[Benjamin Strange]

Yet another reason to dump PC and go Mac.

 

[DigMe]

Yet another reason to dump PC and go Mac.

Damn you!

brad cook

 

[McHack]

i got pwned

In the immortal words of curly...

nyuk nyuk nyuk....

 

[Mike Money]

I just totally made the switch.

 

[G&L]

I've been using firefox since 0.8

very good browser

 

[Josh Ryan]

Yet another reason to dump PC and go Mac.

--or you could still save hundreds, maybe thousands, and just get firefox, like Brad suggested.

 

[B'Aces High]

I used to use Mozilla Firebird for quite a while..then when it evolved to Firefox i was a bit hesitant, i liked Firebird so i was worried they changed everything. But i downloaded it, and im still using it. Its the best browser out there.

 

[canopener]

I've gotten these types of messages before, I can tell there's something fishy about them.

 

[ApeIsHigh81]

My dad just recently signed in to a fake ebay page, he ends up sending floral bouquets to 5 different people. I told the nerd, and he still won't dl firefox on his computer.

 

[jrthebassguy]

Yet another reason to dump PC and go Mac.

Good luck playing Half Life 2 on that.



I use Firefox and Opera exclusively nowadays.

 

[MJ5150]

So now when you click on those links to update your account from some poorly written email

People who are stupid enough to follow those links and fill them out do not deserve to own a PC, much less use Firefox.

Our local news station did a story on a guy who fell for one of those. The angle of the story was to feel sorry for the man. I felt like calling him at work and laughing.

-Mike

 

[Josh Ryan]

People who are stupid enough to follow those links and fill them out do not deserve to own a PC, much less use Firefox.

Our local news station did a story on a guy who fell for one of those. The angle of the story was to feel sorry for the man. I felt like calling him at work and laughing.

-Mike

+1.

 

[Nickthebassist]

Can you still get on MSN and AIM with Firefox?

 

[Benjamin Strange]

--or you could still save hundreds, maybe thousands, and just get firefox, like Brad suggested.

These are words of commoners. I shall look down upon all ye PC users from my ivory tower and cackle.

 

[Benjamin Strange]

Good luck playing Half Life 2 on that.



I use Firefox and Opera exclusively nowadays.

You use your computer for such triviality? Please. I use my Mac for planning world domination.

 

[Marlat]

These are words of commoners. I shall look down upon all ye PC users from my ivory tower and cackle.

Yeah, but whilst your Ivory tower has lots of ramps and big buttons for idiots to use, our poorly constructed and unreliable house of cards is cheaper, faster and has better games