Frames Trip Up IE7 Phishing Filter

By Nate Mook | Published January 31, 2007, 4:18 PM

A feature dating back to the Internet's HTML 3.0 era is causing problems for Internet Explorer 7, forcing Microsoft to issue an update for Windows Vista just one day after its public launch. Web sites using frames causes IE7's phishing filter to evaluate the page multiple times simultaneously, leading to high CPU usage.

Microsoft encourages anyone experiencing this issue, which might not be obvious except to knowledgeable computer users, to download the update. A patch for IE7 on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 will arrive during February's Patch Tuesday next week, although a direct download is available now from the Knowledge Base article.

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NOOCH!

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Funney--IE7 Beta 3 and RC1 had this issue too, and the fixed it in the final release. I also tested Vista 32-bit beta 2 and the issue was still there, but rc2 it was fixed again (didnt use rc1 so I can't say). Weird that it returned...

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I had to kill it too when it seemed to be choking in our Sharepoint environment.

Thanks Nate!

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So Vista RTM *IS* Vista RC2 in fact! hehehe This should have been caught by testers!

I'm letting the brave ones test Vista "Gold" for 3-4 more months before jumping in... Thanks in advance.

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Except saying it is a Vista problem is a bit misleading, it is an IE7 problem. It only affects people using IE7 with the phishing filter turned on, and only if they actually rely on the fishing filter.

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I always turned the thing off, really slows page loading down. There's already a perfectly good phishing filter anyway, it's called common sense. Unfortunately it's not standard equipment.

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Yep, I gotta agree with all of that...so don't change your post ;)

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Wow... that was funny, but unfortunately, oh, so true!

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