Microsoft Warns About a Serious IE Security Hole

Courtesy Mashable!  Tue, 07/07/2009 - 02:58

internet explorerAs users of Microsoft products are probably aware, Microsoft releases security updates on the second Tuesday of each month.

However, this time there’s a security hole in Internet Explorer that they’ve haven’t yet patched, and it’s so serious that users are advised to immediately apply a workaround fix.

This particular vulnerability lets attackers infect the victim’s computers (running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003) after they’ve clicked on a video link in Internet Explorer.

The vulnerability allows attacker...


 

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