Talk: Web browser

IssuesEdit

1. The article is bullying Internet Explorer. Instead of saying that Internet Explorer has more holes than cheese everywhere, you can simply state that Internet Explorer is more dangerous to use than other browsers. And a reference on IE's vulnerabilities would be nice.
2. The article is exaggerating. The article makes web browsers look like a dangerous bomb that should be removed from a computer. More explanation on browser vulnerabilities would be nice.
3. Which web browsers? Which browsers provide a sandbox? And is that feature integrated to the browser or does it need to be downloaded?

— Pikachurin - ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 00:09, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

1. This is a wiki. If you see any way to improve the article, please directly edit it an do so, rather than waiting for me to read about what I "can simply state". References are always good, but isn't there already 3 references to what "security experts" say about Internet Explorer?
2. This is the Computer Security wiki. I think each article on this wiki *should* point out all the dangerous bits of whatever it is we discuss. Please help us balance this by adding information to the article pointing out the benefits that are worth the risk, and by explaining how certain alleged vulnerabilities are mere misunderstandings.
3. I've added a few more sentences about "sandbox" to the article; but I agree that a lot more could be said about them.

--DavidCary 21:29, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

You're right. :) I agree that Internet Explorer is dangerous, that's why I use Firefox. To make this article more neutral, I have added other web browser's security problems.

— Pikachurin - ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 23:02, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

MissingEdit

There should be a section on Google Chrome (a web browser). --== The first Linux virus ==

I wrote the text of this section in January 24, 2018. (It was written in Microsoft Word 2013 with the first line intended with a tab):

Staog (also known as Boza.Staog) was the world’s first known virus made for Linux operating systems. Staog was created by the Australian virus group VLAD then found in 1996 (VLAD also created the first virus for Microsoft Windows 95). Staog was named after a text string that it has: “Staog by Quantum/VLAD”. Staog only infects Elf-style executable files when they are executed and was written in assembler. Staog attempts to gain root access by using three vulnerabilities: tip buffer overflow, mount buffer overflow, and a suidperl bug. Staog can be found by searching all binaries for the hexadecimal string “215B31C966B9FF0131C0884309884314B00FCD80”. Staog also contains multiple text strings for paths, the author, commands, etc. According to a book it is a proof-of-concept virus: the concept being “it is possible to add viruses to Linux systems that will subsequently propagate”. Staog requires vulnerable software in order to obtain root privileges then infect the system (upgrading the software eliminates the vulnerability). Staog has not been found in the wild since 1997. Staog is similar to the Slapper worm.

Sources:

• https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/staog.shtml
• https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPicM6hRfikC&pg=PA272&dq=staog#v=onepage&q=staog&f=false
• https://books.google.com/books?id=d2RNQNUWPIkC&pg=PA294&dq=staog#v=onepage&q=staog

Garbage Python code Edit

It wrote the same amount of text as the previous section but about the "Here you have"; however, it has links (about the malware web hosts and stuff like that) which may not be allowed here, so here is some programming stuff instead:

It is sort of interesting:

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#recursion
def rec2():
        i = 0
        while i < 5:
            i += 1
            print(i)
            if i == 5:
                rec2()
            #if i == 5:
             #   return
rec2()

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From weeks ago