Ah, the irony! Microsoft says Safari isn't safe on Windows

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Jun 1, 2008 5:59 PM EDT

Article Source: The Houston Chronicle

Apple's been making hay in its Mac vs. PC ads about Windows' security and malware problems. But now that Apple's playing in Microsoft's sandbox with a Windows version of the Safari Web browser, the worm has turned.

The Windows version of Safari has a bug that's been dubbed the "carpet bombing" flaw. It would allow a Web site to place an infinite number of shortcuts on a user's desktop -- the default download location in the Windows version -- effectively covering the screen with links to potentially harmful Web sites or code.

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