Re: Mozilla Firefox Patch

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/11/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:53:53 -0700

Pam wrote:

> Thanks Kent for the info, you are always very helpful... Which I
> truly appreciate!

Glad to help. Note that if you really don't want to switch away from IE,
you can download Quik-Fix from www.pivx.com for further protection of IE
vulnerabilities, assuming you have AV up-to-date with background
scanning on, firewall enabled, and all critical Windows updates in place
with Automatic Updates on. Things will get better for XP IE users when
SP2 becomes available. There is only one known vulnerability left in SP2
and I expect that to be fixed before it is released.

See my other recent postings for more advice on how to secure XP and IE.
There are some really nasty malwares out there now that folks are having
a really hard time getting rid of, so it is best to prevent infection. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security

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