Re: Using Old OS for Security
From: Big Will (spamWspamispamlspamlspamBspam4spamespamvspaaaammespammityrspam_at_nidontlikespamet)
Date: 02/23/04
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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:53:20 -0800
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> So, would I be better off using a flavor of Win98? If so, which one?
> And with what upgrades? What version of IE?
>
> Thanks,
> M.G.
Stay clear if IE. I'd look into Mozilla or Netscape (a Mozilla based
browser). Both are freeware and far more secure then IE. You could
also try Opera, but that one's not free. If you insist on using IE,
though, then I'd use IE 6.0, since it has some security features that
previous versions of IE don't have, including allowing OE to read mail
in plain text (as opposed to HTML, which could be disasterous). Also,
IE 5.01 and 5.5 had the incorrect mime-type vulneribility that would
allow executables to auto-launch when an e-mail in OE was being viewed.
It's an old vulneribility and has been fixed with patches, but you'd
still be better off with IE 6.0,or even better, Mozilla.
-- William If it don't work, hit it. If it still doesn't work, kick it. If it works after hitting it and kicking it, then it doesn't matter if hitting it or kicking it helped, what's important is it worked.
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