Far Canal <me@privacy.net> wrote in
news:MPG.1fab444c58b345f8989d67@news.readfreenews. net:

> Fuzzy Logic wrote
>
>
>> >> > then does that mean that the bugs and security holes from IE 6 are
>> >> > still in my machine ?
>> >>
>> >> No. But you will now have a totally new of unknown bugs present in
>> >> IE7 which we are all waiting to discover.
>> >> Really depends on how thorough MS's Beta period was for IE7
>> >
>> > Here's one ...
>> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10..._spoofing_bug/
>> >
>> > Security researchers have identified a pop-up address bar spoofing
>> > weakness in Microsoft's newly released Internet Explorer 7 browser.
>> > The flaw, first reported by security notification firm Secunia, might
>> > lend itself to phishing attacks and remains currently unpatched.
>>
>> If you uninstall IE7, you then get IE6 back. Unless you uninstall IE7
>> you should not be vulnerable to the IE6 bugs.
>>
>> All browsers/OS's have security bugs and new ones will continue to be
>> discovered. Regardless of what you use you must be diligent and keep
>> your software up to date. Bug discoveries seem to be the new thing to
>> do and on the same date of the above post there were two bugs
>> discovered in FF2.0:
>>
>> http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...downplays-firs
>> t-firefox.html
>>
>> Regardless of the browser you use and it's level of security the
>> biggest threat is often not the software you use but the person at the
>> keyboard as illustrated by this slightly dated cartoon:
>>
>> http://outside.arc.ab.ca/staff/erkamp/security.jpg
>>
>> Proceed on the internet as if you are always at risk. It's a wild world
>> out there.
>>
>
>
> You're missing the point. All versions of IE are integrated into the
> OS. Find a hole in IE, you've got key to Windaz.
>
> FF isn't integrated into XP or any OS.

Totally wrong. IE is not integrated into the OS any more than MS Word is. There are many DLL's that are shared
by IE and other parts of the OS. More here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/dmassy/archive...22/400689.aspx