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Old 28-01-2010, 04:28 PM   #1
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Angry IE Windows vulnerability coughs up local files

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If you use any version of Internet Explorer to surf Twitter or other Web 2.0 sites, Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina can probably read the entire contents of your primary hard drive.
See the full article at - IE Windows vuln coughs up local files ? The Register

Rather worrying if you twitter
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I do not Twitter, I just fart occasionally
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I do not Twitter, I just fart occasionally

So it's more of a quack then?
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I am stumped why people continue to use Internet Exploited.

Firefox + Noscript + Adblock
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Old 28-01-2010, 05:32 PM   #5
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I'm stumped to why these hackers arnt shot, instead they sell there storys
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I am stumped why people continue to use Internet Exploited.

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And you forgot Sorted
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19th century war

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