Comments on: New Apple Safari Vulnerability Discovered http://www.favbrowser.com/new-apple-safari-vulnerability-discovered/ Web Browsers News and Reviews. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:22:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Internet Security « Genuine Tips http://www.favbrowser.com/new-apple-safari-vulnerability-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-43730 Internet Security « Genuine Tips Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:31:21 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/?p=840#comment-43730 [...] then. I still use Firefox occasionally though. I also use Chrome and Safari in Windows. However the recent vulnerability in Safari made me think, if there is any security at all in the internet world where I spend almost 12 to 20 [...] [...] then. I still use Firefox occasionally though. I also use Chrome and Safari in Windows. However the recent vulnerability in Safari made me think, if there is any security at all in the internet world where I spend almost 12 to 20 [...]

]]> By: Vygantas Lipskas http://www.favbrowser.com/new-apple-safari-vulnerability-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-43639 Vygantas Lipskas Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:35:25 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/?p=840#comment-43639 From updated post: Users of Safari on Windows are also affected. Users who have Safari for Windows installed but do not use it for browsing are not affected. The details of this vulnerability have not been made public to the best of my knowledge, but secrecy is no guarantee against a sufficiently motivated attacker. To work around this issue until a fix is released by Apple, users should perform the following steps: Download and install the RCDefaultApp (http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/) preference pane, following the included instructions. Open System Preferences and choose the Default Applications option. Select the "URLs" tab in the window that appears. Choose the "feed" URL type from the column on the left, and choose a different application or the "<disabled>" option. Repeat the previous step for the "feeds" and "feedsearch" URL types. From updated post:

Users of Safari on Windows are also affected. Users who have Safari for Windows installed but do not use it for browsing are not affected.

The details of this vulnerability have not been made public to the best of my knowledge, but secrecy is no guarantee against a sufficiently motivated attacker.

To work around this issue until a fix is released by Apple, users should perform the following steps:

Download and install the RCDefaultApp (http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/) preference pane, following the included instructions.
Open System Preferences and choose the Default Applications option.
Select the “URLs” tab in the window that appears.
Choose the “feed” URL type from the column on the left, and choose a different application or the “” option.
Repeat the previous step for the “feeds” and “feedsearch” URL types.

]]> By: DeclinedDoomed http://www.favbrowser.com/new-apple-safari-vulnerability-discovered/comment-page-1/#comment-43586 DeclinedDoomed Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:12:13 +0000 http://www.favbrowser.com/?p=840#comment-43586 I just checked the RSS preferences on Safari for Vista, and there doesn't seem to be a way to change the feed reader. I don't have any other feed readers installed on my computer. Could that be why I'm not seeing it? I just checked the RSS preferences on Safari for Vista, and there doesn’t seem to be a way to change the feed reader. I don’t have any other feed readers installed on my computer. Could that be why I’m not seeing it?

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