Zero-Day IE Exploit Takes Control of PCs

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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The facts please

[bogaboga]

Slashdotters, let me put this out early.

On story like this, we need the facts, period. No hype, rhetoric or personal opinions. Only the facts please, because I know members are going to tout the "other browser" as the safer one.

Now, mod me whatever you want, but the info you provide should be FACTS.

It's a time for giving thanks, here's some of mine

[Sierpinski]

I am thankful, in light of this article, for Firefox.

I am thankful that I am smart enough to not have used IE for over a year.

I am thankful that I have convinced my wife and my parents to also use Firefox as well.

I am thankful that things like these keep happening to IE, but only with respect to the fact that it might make those last few businesses that I deal with (re: bank) to modify their pages to support non-IE browsers.

I am thankful for retaining the hope that there are still intelligent people out there.

Re:This is why...

[Douglas Simmons]

I have a Faraday cage (a la Enemy of the State).

Re:This is why...

[Jack Taylor]

From the slashdot faq:

Redundant -- Redundant posts are ones which add no new information, but instead take up sace with repeating information either in the Slashdot post, the attached links, or lots of previous comments. For instance, some posters cut and paste otherwise legitimate comments in multiple places in the same discussion; the pasted versions are Redundant.

So FF r0x0rs comments may be lame, but the first one at least is not redundant -- a fact which many moderators appear not to have grasped. One of the other moderation options should be used in this circumstance. I think that there should be a new negative moderation label so that this doesn't have to be "overrated", but I haven't convinced myself of what it should be yet.