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dduardo
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1891749,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
IE users should be aware of the websites they visit. There is yet another zero-day exploit that doesn't require any user intervention and can take over your system. Here is the proof of concept:
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/poc.htm
and here is the advisory:
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/ct21-11-2005
Even users with Windows XP SP2 are affected.
Solution(s):
1) Disable javascript in IE - If you do this many websites won't work
2) Use an alternate browser (Firefox - www.mozilla.org[/url] , Opera - [url]www.opera.com[/URL])
The sad part is that Microsoft has known about this bug since 05/31/2005 and they haven't done anything about it.
IE users should be aware of the websites they visit. There is yet another zero-day exploit that doesn't require any user intervention and can take over your system. Here is the proof of concept:
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/poc.htm
and here is the advisory:
http://www.computerterrorism.com/research/ie/ct21-11-2005
Even users with Windows XP SP2 are affected.
Solution(s):
1) Disable javascript in IE - If you do this many websites won't work
2) Use an alternate browser (Firefox - www.mozilla.org[/url] , Opera - [url]www.opera.com[/URL])
The sad part is that Microsoft has known about this bug since 05/31/2005 and they haven't done anything about it.
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