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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: just behind you!
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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The patch has already been released, I updated to 3.6.2 this morning.
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
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Location: Exeter
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"The woman is a riddle inside a mystery wrapped in an enigma I've had sex with."
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pcernie
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As a result of this thread I've just noticed that I'm auto-downloading it  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: just behind you!
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My work is done here _________________Finally joined Flickr
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big_D
What's a life?
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Yep, they seem to launch these alerts every couple of weeks, the last 2 were for Opera and Flash...
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pcernie
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And I'm now updating the desktop (manually), before getting to the new netbook at some point _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
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Amnesia10
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Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I can understand Flash being on that list, though really everyone should apply security patches as fast as possible and use the latest browser as it will be more secure than the previous incarnation. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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big_D
What's a life?
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Opera 10.5 was released (on the day of the Browser Ballot screen going live in Windows) with a 0-day flaw. If you open a web page, it could cause a buffer overflow. There was a problem with the 64-bit file size meta tag passed to the browser. If the MSB of the 32-bit border was set (negative 32-bit number, for a 32-bit signed value), the browsers buffer would overflow and become corrupt and if you used a specially crafted page, image or general file, it could lead to code execution situation. As the web page itself, any images, any embedded objects and any files to be downloaded use this meta tag, it is potentially disastrous.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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I think most risks I read about are to do with java script, that's why I use NoScript.
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Amnesia10
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The problem is that many pages use java or javascript. I have found that click to flash is so effective that I am considering disabling Glimmerblocker, an ad blocker. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
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Which is why I allow them on a site by site basis from sites I trust.
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Amnesia10
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But as a mac user I do not know of a program that allows me to whitelist and blacklist scripts. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
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I use Firefox on a Mac with Noscript installed...
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big_D
What's a life?
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I use NoScript on Firefox on Windows, OS X and Linux...
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