Serious security flaw found in IE

[piskieinboots]

Might be worth taking a read here

[Nicos]

Thanks for that Piskie.

I use firefox most of the time but occasionally use IE...won't now I know!

[kirsty b]

I use Firefox on the PC, but the lappy is IE. Will let himself know not to use it for a bit. He has got Firefox on there too.

[smallblueplanet]

I think atm gamers have to be particularly careful!

"The hack was initially devised by Chinese criminals, who have been stealing computer game passwords that can be sold on the blackmarket. However, Paul Ferguson, a security researcher Trend Micro Inc, said the security breach is so severe that it could be “adopted by more financially motivated criminals for more serious mayhem - that’s a big fear right now.”

[piskieinboots]

thanks to Manda's help, I am mostly using FF also - but I can imagine that MS are runninng around like headless chucks to get this fixed

[zazen999]

Yeah, the message is to use another browser....that should throw them into a frenzy.

[piskieinboots]

I feel for Bill G don't you

[BrideXIII]

I feel for Bill G don't you

no his company should stop using consumers as guinea pigs

[piskieinboots]

no his company should stop using consumers as guinea pigs

fair point