New IE Vulnerability Found

• Microsoft released a new security advisory regarding Internet Explorer on a Windows 2000 or XP system. To exploit the vulnerability,a malicious site reaches through the web browser by using VBScript and accesses “inherently unsafe” Windows Help files.

  To complete the attack, a user must push F1.

  The article at PC World suggests users to log off Windows or close Internet Explorer via Windows Task manager when a site prompts a user to hit F1.

  Source: PC World

  • Posted by Craig Grant on March 03, 2010
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  DerrickFisher, April 19th, 2010 on 9:24 am

  What’s surprising is the fact that there are still people using Internet Explorer. It is a proven fact that IE is very vulnerable to virus/malware attacks, and provides little protection against them when compared to other browsers such as Mozilla and Chrome.

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