Mixing IE and Firefox is prone to hacker attacks

Source: Internet
Author: User

According to foreign media reports, computer security experts recently reminded users that using IE and Firefox at the same time may cause remote attacks to users.

If a user encounters a malicious website when using the IE browser, the system also registers a "firefoxurl: //"Program. This program allows the browser to interact with specific content on the web, which may cause remote attacks to users. Chinese Webmaster. Station

Earlier this week, security researcher Thor larhoma discovered the problem. Symantec believes that this problem mainly lies in IE.

 

Thomas Kristensen, Chief Technology Officer of the Danish Security Company secunia, believes that it is mainly caused by Firefox (Version 2.0 or later. Chinaz ^ com

A few days ago, Symantec's security response center director Oliver Friedrichs said: "Both browsers are somewhat responsible. If used separately, these are two security products. However, if you use them at the same time, security issues may occur ." Security issues ."

 

 

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