Microsoft issues fix for IE flaw that could allow PC hijack

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Microsoft issues fix for IE flaw that could allow PC hijack

One-click workaround designed to prevent attackers from gaining control of vulnerable Web browsers.

by Steven Musil

December 31, 2012 12:12 PM PST

Microsoft issued a fix today for a zero-day vulnerability in older versions of Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to gain control of Windows-based computers to host malicious Web sites.

The company confirmed Saturday that it was investigating a remote code execution vulnerability in IE 6, IE 7, and IE 8 that could allow an attacker to use the corrupted PC to host a Web site designed to exploit the vulnerability with other users. Versions of the browser after IE 8 are unaffected, Microsoft said.

Microsoft said in an update to that security advisory that it has developed a one-click fix that prevents the vulnerability from being exploited without affecting users' ability to browse the Web. Microsoft also said the fix doesn't require a reboot. (More...)

Read the article in full at: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57561426-83/microsoft-issues-fix-for-ie-flaw-that-could-allow-pc-hijack/

Steve

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All the more reason why people shouldn't be using Windows XP anymore.

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Yes however that is simply because Microsoft is purposefully forcing you down that road not because it is inherently less secure. Plenty of things they could do but wont' because the days of making money off of XP have come and gone but that is true of most older versions of software. There are more than enough attacks already starting to surface on Windows 8 as well and the truth be told that in time Windows XP will actually probably be immune to at least some of the newer infections coming down the pike because it will eventually be like Windows 2000 that no one wants to target anymore.

Don't get me wrong I'm all for some of the new technology but having it forced on you in the fashion that Windows 8 appears to be taking is not welcome from my point of view. I think they should have had more of their back end infrastructure ready before the Windows 8 release. I still have unresolved Windows 8 support issues simply because support at Microsoft doesn't have an answer of how to provide appropriate media for failed anytime upgrades that work perfectly fine on Windows 7

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I kind of liked DOS 6.0 myself.. or a BASH or perhaps a C-Shell in Unix.. *shivers of longing* for the good-old-days.

Steve