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| Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Shun Safari                       |
|   from the big-surprise-there dept.                                |
|   posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday May 31, @08:58 (Microsoft)      |
|   http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/31/1214254 |
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benjymouse writes “The Register has picked up on a recent Microsoft
security bulletin which urges Windows users to “[0]restrict use of Safari
as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft
and/or Apple”. This controversy comes after Apple has officially refused
to promise to do anything about the [1]carpet bombing vulnerability in
the Safari browser. Essentially, Apple does not see unsolicited downloads
of hundreds or even thousands of executable files to users’ desktops as
being a security problem.” Now while downloading a hundred files to your
desktop won’t automatically execute them, Microsoft’s position is that a
secondary attack could execute them for you.

Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/05/31/1214254

Links:
0. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/31/microsoft_warns_against_apple_safari/
1. http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html