you'll get hacked because of a flaw in IE, or any program.
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Started by shaoman, Sep 03 2004 10:06 PM
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Posted 03 September 2004 - 10:07 PM
It's very possible you can get hacked through IE.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 04 September 2004 - 12:41 AM
i got hacked through AOL...
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Posted 04 September 2004 - 01:42 PM
I couldn't open my Internet Explorer a couple of months a couple, it kept shutting down whenever I tried opening it. And something disabled my anti-virus, not that it did anything anyways. I had to reboot and reinstall everything.
I called the company, cuz back then I still had my one year warranty. They looked at it and was like, you got hacked.
I called the company, cuz back then I still had my one year warranty. They looked at it and was like, you got hacked.
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Posted 04 September 2004 - 02:00 PM
Just reformat the computer. The viruses, adware, spyware will be cleared.
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Posted 04 September 2004 - 05:11 PM
That's too drastic of a step.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 06 September 2004 - 04:16 PM
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i got hacked through AOL...
The aol browser is IE.
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Posted 06 September 2004 - 04:30 PM
No, it's Netscape.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 06 September 2004 - 04:43 PM
From what I have searched it uses the already embedded web browser(most commonly IE). I also saw it on some show on Tech tv.
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Posted 06 September 2004 - 04:51 PM
I read in several places that it uses Netscape.
And a clue to that would be Netscape's affiliation with AOL.
And a clue to that would be Netscape's affiliation with AOL.
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
By a gun that didn't make any noise
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Posted 06 September 2004 - 04:55 PM
Yeah i could be wrong, I just know that i heard it somewere
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Posted 07 September 2004 - 11:07 PM
AOL's browser history is quite confusing.
It used to use IE, even after it aquired Netscape in '98.
This article says that AOL was testing a built-in Netscape browser with 7.0. Keep in mind though, its from 2002. AOL could still be using IE.
http://news.com.com/...023-860710.html
It used to use IE, even after it aquired Netscape in '98.
This article says that AOL was testing a built-in Netscape browser with 7.0. Keep in mind though, its from 2002. AOL could still be using IE.
http://news.com.com/...023-860710.html
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Posted 07 September 2004 - 11:16 PM
It doesnt matter anyways because aol sucks :-P
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Posted 08 September 2004 - 09:21 AM
who still uses AOL?? 
Why would you get AOL if you could get DSL?
Why would you get AOL if you could get DSL?
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Posted 08 September 2004 - 10:46 AM
Its even worse when people pay $30 for dsl and then like an extra 30$ for aol for broadband which doesnt give you broadband service just a nice gui to surf the net with. Oh yea and an email adress, those are not nearly woth an extra $30
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Posted 09 September 2004 - 01:22 AM
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you'll get hacked because of a flaw in IE, or any program.
Pfft. ActiveX in itself is already a flaw. I believe you can also get viruses from ActiveX, among spyware, adware, and trojans. Even the US CERT told people to ditch IE.
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Posted 09 September 2004 - 01:57 AM
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Even the US CERT told people to ditch IE.
I tell you to ditch Windows! he he he
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