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On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Madeline L. Buchanan wrote: > > This morning in the newspaper there was a very interesting article about IE. > It seems that security experts are advising web surfers to use alternate > browsers such as Mozilla or Opera due to virus attacks which allow malicious > codes to be hidden in popular web sites. They warned of two problems - a > technique that converts popular web sites into virus transmitters which > allows the stealing of passwords. Researchers also warned of a > password-stealing program hidden behind pop-up ads. > > A major Windows XP upgrade that would stop some of the security problems in > IE is supposed to come out later this summer. Until then, I plan to use > Mozilla. > We've had nothing but problems that can be traced back to inexperienced kids and IE. Kids click anything that pops up. "You just won a zillion dollars!" Cool. Click. The computers get trashed quickly with ad ware, spy ware... and even some viruses inspite of virus software on the network. We contantly need to re-mirror and run spy-busting software, additional virus programs, etc. We've been testing browsers this summer and we're going the way of Mozilla... probably Firefox (it's worked well for us and does both mac and pc) on our network. Hopefully this brings about some positive changes. J. Rathbun, Librarian Mojave High School Clark County School District Las Vegas, Nevada Email: jrathbun@orednet.org http://ccsd.net/schools/mojave/library Leave it to Beaver was not a documentary. -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------