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Thu, Aug 4 2011 8:57

“Internet Explorer users have low IQs” study was a hoax – well done and said Graham

Source: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/03/media-hoax-internet-explorer-users-dumb-research/ “It turned out that many websites (CNN, BBC, NPR, CNET, Forbes, the Daily Mail, Mashable, the Daily Telegraph are just a handful) had been duped in recent...
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Wed, Dec 17 2008 5:14

ALERT: Out of band security patch to be released tomorrow, 17 December at 10.00am Pacific time

Announcement here: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/12/16/advance-notification-for-december-2008-out-of-band-release.aspx The patch resolves the actively exploited vulnerability that has been in the press so much in recent days, and which is...
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Sun, Aug 3 2008 13:53

Problems with SiteMeter crashing Internet Explorer

I'm sure many of you have heard by now that SiteMeter made some changes to their tracking code, which led to their site counter crashing Internet Explorer 6 and 7 ( and 5.5 ?). SiteMeter updated their code to fix the problem, but a side effect of...
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Wed, Jun 4 2008 14:50

Mark Russinovich: The Case of the Random IE and WMP rashes

I have just finished glancing over Mark Russinovich's latest blog entry, in which he described how he tracked down the cause of, and fix for, crashes affecting Internet Explorer on his Vista x64 gaming system, as well as crashes affecting Windows...
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Tue, May 6 2008 15:00

Important information about Windows XP SP3 for Internet Explorer users

You will be unable to remove IE8 Beta or IE7 after installing Windows XP SP3 because Microsoft wants to make sure that you do not encounter a problem commonly known as " DLL Hell ". IE8 Beta 1 users You will NOT be offered Windows XP SP3 unless...
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Mon, May 5 2008 10:22

Problem - unable to change Internet Explorer's home page

Another cry for help received via email... " You are my last best hope... I am just a regular guy from NY (not the city) with a problem. My homepage in IE7 is locked on a page I dont want. I try to change it in Internet options and it even says the...
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Wed, Apr 9 2008 10:42

The April Security Updates have been released by Microsoft

Details here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-apr.mspx The Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is also available - details here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-024.mspx Note that this month's...
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Sun, Mar 16 2008 21:52

New Internet Explorer KB articles

A script may not run as expected in IE when you open an HTML page and the HTML page contains an element that has injected HTML code This issue occurs because Internet Explorer sets the security of an element as "about:blank" if the following...
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Sat, Feb 9 2008 7:56

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2008

12 patches, including a critical patch for Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-feb.mspx
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Mon, Jan 21 2008 22:45

Internet Explorer Knowledgebase articles

HOTFIX: The exception handler may not catch an exception in Internet Explorer 7 or in Internet Explorer 6 when you view a Web page that throws an exception from a function that is called through the expando property You develop a Web page that throws...
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Wed, Dec 19 2007 16:15

Fix: problems after installing IE's December cumulative update

As we know, there have been reports of some IE6 users running Windows XP SP2 having problems accessing web pages after installing the December IE Cumulative Update - IE stops responding. The problem has apparently been restricted to some customised installations...
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Tue, Dec 18 2007 8:15

HOTFIX: Internet Explorer 6 may crash under certain circumstances, such as when you open and close a Web page modal dialog box several times

You use Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 to browse to a Web page. However, Internet Explorer 6 may crash under certain circumstances, such as when you open and close a modal dialog box several times. http://support.microsoft.com/KB/944435
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Sat, Dec 15 2007 23:17

New IE knowledgebase articles...

Just catching up on the paperwork here... IE6 and IE7: Proxy server settings are not set correctly in IE6 afer you download a proxy script that uses chunk encoding Install IE update MS07-069 then enable the fix by editing the registry http://support.microsoft...
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Wed, Dec 12 2007 9:02

After you install and uninstall some toolbar items in Internet Explorer 6, toolbar names may become blank, or unrelated toolbar items may appear

IE6 has a problem wherein if you uninstall some toolbar items the following may occur: • On the View menu of Internet Explorer 6, when you point to Toolbars to show the toolbar items, the toolbar names may become blank. • In some cases, when you click...
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Wed, Dec 12 2007 7:35

An Internet Explorer Automatic Component Activation (IE ACA) Update Preview is available

The EOLAS lawsuit and its side effects continue their death throes. As part of the process, a preview of the update that will remove the changes forced by the EOLAS lawsuit is available for download here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945007/en-us Note...
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Tue, Dec 4 2007 19:36

Vulnerability in Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) Could Allow Information Disclosure

Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in the way Windows resolves hostnames that do not include a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN). The technology that the vulnerability affects is Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD). Microsoft...
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Fri, Nov 30 2007 20:35

HOTFIX: GIF images may not appear when you refresh a Web page in Internet Explorer 6

When you view a Web page by using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, a GIF image that is located on the Web page appears as expected. However, if you press F5 to update the display, or if you click Refresh to update the display, the GIF image no longer appears...
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Thu, Nov 29 2007 7:07

IE6 and IE7 VPC images

Pete L reports that new builds of the IE6 and IE7 VPC images may be released as early as Monday or Tuesday.
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Fri, Nov 9 2007 7:31

Error message in Internet Explorer when you click a hyperlink that links to a file whose name contains UTF-8-encoded characters: "The page cannot be displayed"

This issue occurs if the following conditions are true: • The hyperlink is a uniform resource identifier (URI) that links to a file. • The file name contains UTF-8-encoded characters. In the URI, the UTF-8-encoded characters are interpreted as a byte...
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Fri, Nov 9 2007 6:54

EOLAS: important changes soon

Well well well, isn't this interesting. Microsoft have licensed the technologies that are covered by the infamous Eolas patent , and will be removing the “click to activate” requirement in Internet Explorer. Regular readers of this blog will remember...
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