# Hackers **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813 "2008-12-16T09:09:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xtremeangel02](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xtremeangel02/32/6422_2.png) [@xtremeangel02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xtremeangel02)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/1 "2008-12-16T09:09:23Z")
So just want to let everyone know, that cares, that on the news this morning they were saying that people figured out how to hack onto “internet explorer” and steal passwords and credit card numbers. Until they catch the people they are advising everyone to use a different browser. I went to [Mozilla.com](http://Mozilla.com) and downloaded Firefox cuz Ive used it before and its just as good. So I think everyone should do this until they figure everything out. They say you dont have to change any passwords or credit card numbers because its only affected a few people so far and those people already know who they are, so they said if it happened to you, you would know, so dont go through the trouble of changing everything…just givin everyone the heads up ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/2 "2008-12-16T09:17:12Z")
Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/3 "2008-12-16T09:34:02Z")
You mean IE isn’t bullet proof!? No way! :ohnoes ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/4 "2008-12-16T09:36:14Z")
What version of IE? Or did some retard click IWantPr0n.vbs ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/5 "2008-12-16T09:39:23Z")
Probably some clown that didnt have virus software and was jerking off all day long to free streaming pr0n vidz. P.S., google chrome FTW! :banana ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/6 "2008-12-16T10:00:52Z")
heard about this a couple days ago… basicaly its an exploit that when you got to a certain website, the “hackers” can have a code that overflows the memory of IE cauing it to crash, even thought it goes away its still open in the background in an “unsafe” state allowing them to pretty much inject and install any type of malware, trojans etc that they want. And shawn, it effects all versions of IE its srs bzns… not just pr0n ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/7 "2008-12-16T10:04:59Z")
So someone else can use my subscription to [barelyleagal.com](http://barelyleagal.com)? wtf ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/8 "2008-12-16T10:07:15Z")
So its a buffer overrun of sorts…you’d think MS would have learned to prevent this ages ago… ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/9 "2008-12-16T10:11:04Z")
> [@SlackJ94](#): > > So its a buffer overrun of sorts…you’d think MS would have learned to prevent this ages ago… Yeah well what do you exspect, they make a leap forward, then take 10 ass backwards steps… thats how microsoft do yo! Its amazeing that this problem has been in IE pretty much since the beginning and they did not know about it. I would think they shoudl be able to think of this shit… Or pay someone assloads of money to try and brake it so they can fix it. So every version of IE is affected, from the earlier version to even IE8 beta ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/10 "2008-12-16T10:17:32Z")
Eh, errors like this aren’t easy to find by any means. But there are preventative measure that can be taken to prevent them. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/11 "2008-12-16T10:20:31Z")
That’s usually what preventative measures are, yes. ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/12 "2008-12-16T10:21:54Z")
:headbang ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/13 "2008-12-16T10:25:22Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/14 "2008-12-16T10:45:27Z")
If it affects ALL versions of IE, why not FF? ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/15 "2008-12-16T10:56:28Z")
Lets hope it doesn’t affect FF too. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/16 "2008-12-16T10:57:29Z")
Do a google search on Mozilla and how browsers originated from it. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/17 "2008-12-16T11:04:54Z")
[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...ry/961051.mspx](http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...ry/961051.mspx) [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...121601022.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...121601022.html) [http://www.wgal.com/technology/18290010/detail.html](http://www.wgal.com/technology/18290010/detail.html) [http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...9dgUgD953Q2800](http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...9dgUgD953Q2800) Firefox is so much better. It’s not even comparable. I only use IE to test when I’m coding, or when I have to log into work (damn IE certificates). Otherwise, I’m Firefox ONLY. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/18 "2008-12-16T11:07:17Z")
What does FF have that IE 8 doesn’t? A web developer that doesn’t primarily use IE is a bit wierd given it owns the market. ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/19 "2008-12-16T11:07:58Z")
> [@Shawn96VR-4](#): > > Do a google search on Mozilla and how browsers originated from it. Not sure what you are saying here? Maybe that because its open source it’s more prone to errors? ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813/20 "2008-12-16T11:09:41Z")
> [@SlackJ94](#): > > Not sure what you are saying here? Maybe that because its open source it’s more prone to errors? The core functionality of browsers such as IE/Netscape/FF come from Mozilla. I haven’t looked at the architecture but they should have many similiarities. Open Source helps exploits but there are ways to rip apart assemblies. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hackers/240813.md?page=2)