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4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the are-you-ready-for-fun-and-excitement dept.

TopherTG writes "Buckle your seat belts folks. On what is looking to be the next Black Tuesday, with rumors of 9 new Windows security patches being released, Secunia is reporting on 4 new vulnerabilities in IE that allow for arbitrary code execution and placing content over other windows. Combined with the new Windows patches, it is likely more Download.Ject and Sasser like viruses will be emerging in the coming months."

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  1. Shocking! by pelirojatica · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Shocked! I'm shocked, I tell you!

  2. In other news... by JessLeah · · Score: 1, Redundant

    95% of morons^H^H^H^H^H^Hend-users still use IE (for Windows), and probably will indefinitely, even if it's shown that long-term use of IE shrinks one's penis and testicles, causes cancer of the spleen, and makes baby Jesus cry.

    Film at eleven.

    Seriously: Why don't they devote one day a week on FOX NEWS to talking about this crap? Then, the Sheeple might actually get the message...

    --
    Honey, I shrunk the Cygwin