IE7: Again ... error

It is a bad start and it looks like IE7 is no exception. On the first day of its release, it was discovered a security hole of this browser.

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Along with security holes are some other minor problems, but in a comprehensive way, IE7 is still warmly welcomed by the people.

However, with information about the vulnerability, Microsoft bluntly rejected it. According to the software giant, this is a flaw but belongs to . Outlook Express, not IE.

Secunia, the first security company to detect the vulnerability, said it was the same "disclosure" vulnerability as the IE6 version. If an IE7 user accesses a "malicious" website, the website will be able to exploit the vulnerability to read information from every website that the user is logging in at that time. Therefore, the hacker will be able to read all your bank account information, or any messages inside the email inbox .

Source: creation Even so, this vulnerability is rated by Secunia as "less serious" (the second lowest level from the bottom) and simply disables active scripting support as a safe user. On the other hand, hackers are also very difficult to exploit this vulnerability because first of all, they must entice users to visit a "malicious" site. Besides, hackers can hardly know which users are simultaneously logging into the website to exploit.

In addition, IE7 users also reflect that some websites cannot display or display errors. These sites use technologies from Autodesk, so they are not compatible with the new browser.

Another user claimed that his download of IE7 was infected with a virus, causing Microsoft to sweat this information. But in the end, this was just a "false positive" reaction of AVAST virus scanning tool.

Important upgrade times

18 months since Bill Gates swore "reform" IE, the software giant could finally release the final version of IE7. This new Web browser has undergone many months of testing and is currently available for free through the Microsoft website. The company hopes that the lucky number 7 will bring success to the new browser.

From a feature perspective, Microsoft has caught up with rivals in many ways: the company has added tab browsers, RSS feeds and supports multiple Web standards. In addition, it protects users from phishing sites (though no one is sure to be effective or not).

After months of losing market share to the open source browser Firefox, Microsoft also regained its position somewhat. The latest statistics show that IE currently accounts for 85.9% of the market share, up 2.8 percentage points compared to July. Meanwhile, Firefox only holds 11.5% market share, ie a decrease of 1.4. percent score.

Before Microsoft launched IE7, the Mozilla Foundation, Firefox's parent company, also flaunted Firefox 2. However, the browser is still in the "candidate" form, not really complete. As expected, the complete version of Firefox 2 will be released later this month or early next month. Commenting on IE7, Mozilla's vice president Chris Beard just smirked "the new so-called in this browser, we've met in other modern browsers for a long time."

Automatic update

Not only convincing existing IE users, Microsoft also encourages those who are using Firefox to install the new IE version. The fastest is still Yahoo. As of yesterday, the company released a customized version of IE7, with Yahoo as the search engine, the default homepage and toolbar.

If you have tried previous IE7 trials, you will receive a complete version through the automatic update service this week. IE6 users will be sent IE7 automatically from next month, and they have the right to decide whether to install this version or not.

Microsoft has declared security as a top priority of IE7, but surprisingly, the most popular feature in the new browser version (via users' comments) is . printing Web pages with lots of improvements. new progress.

Using nearly 50% of IE6 code, IE7 only has English version. In the coming weeks, IE7 versions in other languages ​​will be released in turn.

Trong Cam