You can contact the webmaster at . Internet Explorer 5 browser that makes it possible for a hacker to use a Web page they designed to gather such sensitive data as a Web surfer's browser history, or even their e-mail passwords. Just by visiting one Web page, someone could have their passwords intercepted. The exploit can only work in fairly peculiar, though not unheard-of circumstances. But they must open Internet Explorer and point it to a Web page into which exploiting code has been written.
Many computers use both browsers.
Netscape reportedly has long been aware of the problem and has fixed it so that it cannot be exploited directly through Netscape's own browser. But, according to reports, Microsoft has not done anything about the hazard, making it possible to take advantage of the breach when the Explorer browser is in use. Haselton said that both Microsoft and Netscape have acknowledged the problem, but that neither of them plan to do anything about it because each blames the other. Published reports suggest much the same thing. Officials at Netscape could not be reached for comment Monday.