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Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here-we-go-again dept.

anethema writes "A remote IE exploit with implementations is currently in the wild. From the article: 'Exploit code for a critical flaw in fully patched versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser has been released on the Internet, putting millions of Web surfers at risk of computer hijack attacks.' Aparently all you have to do is browse the page to be affected. There is no patch, but since it is a JavaScript exploit, you can work around it by disabling JavaScript."

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  1. This is why... by wpiman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I use Firefox.

  2. Gah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    users do, but they're much further down the food chain

    Except that regular users comprimise a greater number of Internet users. So if Joe Average uses IE, more people are going to be affected by this flaw.

    we'll get the usual set of arguments about browser and OS supremacy.

    If something has fewer security problems, isn't it "superior" in that respect?

    If you can't trust Lynx to be secure, then really nothing is secure.

    Right. Because if something has one flaw, then you might as well not even bother trying, because everything has flaws. I mean, just because IE has had double-or-triple-digit flaws, clearly this one flaw in lynx makes all arguments against IE moot.

    What an inane comment.