Everyone knows the extent to which one can customize firefox browser for better Internet surfing experiences (and if don’t than dude visit our firefox tips for a small hint). Considering the importance of browser marker over the Internet Microsoft has recently made available an updated version of Internet Explorer Administration Kit 7 for FREE download.

“You can preset the following Web pages and links: customer support page; users’ home page; users’ search providers; links in the Links bar, in the Favorites bar, to Explorer Bars; Add-on Components page (for optional components). You can also customize the appearance of the browser software so that your organization’s content is more prominent when the user browses the Internet”, Microsoft informed.

IEAK7 is delivered in an array of flavors, coming in no less than 24 different languages. Microsoft informed that the administration kit offers support for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 2. Essentially, IEAK7 is designed to deliver users with control over the deployment and management process inherently associated with web-based solutions. Microsoft is of course betting on the fact that users will welcome the opportunity to personalize the installations of Internet Explorer 7, tailorfitting the browser to specific environments via branding, platform requirements, additional information across the title bar, and handle add-ons and custom browser packages.

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In midst of attacks from Firefox fans Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 has another vulnerability added to its collection. Security company Secunia has discovered a flaw in IE7 which can be exploited by a malicious website to spoof the address bar, however the company rated the flaw as less critical.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of the “document.open()” method and can be exploited to spoof the address bar if e.g. the user enters a new website manually in the address bar, which is commonly exercised as best practice.

Older versions might be also be affected but there are no reports available yet. This vulnerability is extremely important for the Redmond company as its top browser, Internet Explorer 7 is involved into the battle with Firefox and other applications for the leader position of the category.

Solution:

Close all browser windows after visiting untrusted websites.

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Internet Explorer 7 will only allow you to download two files at one time. This limitation can prove to be quite an inconvenience for anyone who downloads quite a lot on the Internet. A simply registry tweak can be done to remove this limitation.

1. Click on the Start Pearl and type regedit in the Search Bar.
2. Once you are in the registry editor, navigate to the following key:
   

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

3. Right click in the empty space, and create a new DWord (32-bit) value. Name it:
   

   MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server (The 0 beside Server is a zero)

4. Double click this entry and modify the value to 3.
5. Create another DWord:
   

   MaxConnectionsPerServer

6. Once again, double click this entry and modify the value to 3.

If you have Internet Explorer open, just restart it and you should be able to have an unlimited number of simultaneous downloads running.

Source: VistaWired

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While Microsoft has muted all details associated with Internet Explorer 8.0 and will deliver a preview of the future of its browser at the end of April and the beginning of May 2007, Mozilla is getting ready to release the first public beta of Firefox 3.0. Microsoft is at the present time only dogfooding Internet Explorer 8.0, and that is a pre-alpha version. Meanwhile, Mozilla has already reached alpha 2 level with Firefox 3.0, codenamed Gran Paradiso.

At the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Microsoft representative forecasted that it could take as much as two years before the final version of IE8 will be released to users.

Mozilla however is not waiting around for Microsoft. In this context, Firefox 3.0 is scheduled for its first public beta this spring. Additionally, Brendan Eich, chief technical officer for Mozilla, announced that the final version of Firefox 3.0 is planned for late Autumn, 2007.

So where do you find yourself? Have you started using IE7 and FireFox 2.0? Not yet? Friends the world is running fast, very fast. Start using the latest instead of the legacy softwares. You will surely love the new ones. Get set go . . .

Source: softpedia

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This is scary. I could see my boot.ini file online? Huh. The common vulnerability makes it clear that the flaw in programming could be used for some dangerous works over the Internet.

Affected Software
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6
Internet Explorer 5.01
FireFox 2.0.0.2
FireFox 1.5.0.9

Description

For demonstration of vulnerability in IE7 click here. For FireFox click here. This is a must see for all of the Internet users around. Using the vulnerability some diverted keystrokes which you hit to enter forms on a web page could be used to enter commands over the Internet to see your boot.ini. And this could just be the beginning.

“Both examples are Windows-specific, and require C:BOOT.INI to exist and be readable by users. The attack itself is not limited to a particular operating system, but I decided to provide a demonstration for most popular desktop OS - *nix versions that access /etc/hosts or /etc/passwd are easy to develop,” Zalewski, one who found the vulnerability, stated.“In all modern browsers, form fields (used to upload user-specified files to a remote server) enjoy some added protection meant to prevent scripts from arbitrarily choosing local files to be sent, and automatically submitting the form without user knowledge. For example, “.value” parameter cannot be set or changed, and any changes to .type reset the contents of the field,” added Michal Zalewski.

Workaround Available
User interaction is a must if both vulnerabilities are to be successfully exploited. In this context, the user would have to enter text in malformed areas on a web page, either from IE or FireFox. Zalewski explained that the keyboard input in unrelated locations can be selectively geared toward input fields by the attacker.

No real workaround looks to be available currently but we will keep you updated with the latest news.

Microsoft on one side was shouting that there IE7 is free of vulnerabilities while FireFox was busy releasing patches this month. Now this kick will surely add to there wounds. Let us wait and see how they react.

Source: Softpedia

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