• Microsoft Releases IE Patch

    Microsoft Releases IE Patch

    Techtree News Staff, Dec 18, 2008 1649 hrs IST

    Microsoft admitted that the bug is within all its browsers -- IE5.01, IE6, IE7, as well the IE8 Beta 2

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Microsoft has released an Internet Explorer (IE) patch marked 'critical' for download to fix vulnerability issues that is said to have affected around 2 million users.

The browser's flaw allows a Trojan to take over a victim's computer; it then routes it to infected websites.

Last week, Microsoft had admitted that its research has confirmed that the bug is within all its browsers -- IE5.01, IE6, IE7, as well as its IE8 Beta 2. The company has said that users running any of the abovementioned browsers on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, or Server 2008 are at risk.

On the Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 (Critical), the company says:
The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using the Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

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Nico
,My Lovely Home, on Dec 19, 2008 02:12 AM
GO MS! We love you. Just days after vulnerability found & they fix it. PERFECT. Even Firefox takes months to fix flaws...same with Mac's & Linux. We love you MS! ROCK ON!
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