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Zero-Day IE Exploit In the Wild

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-delivering-spyware-to-a-pc-near-you dept.

Eric Sites writes to tell us that a new zero-day IE exploit has been found in the wild. It looks to be a bug in VML in IE. The Sunbelt blog notes, "This exploit can be mitigated by turning off Javascripting."

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  1. No surprise by Cold_Lestat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are so many of these Zero Day exploits popping up that I'm just not surprised (or that interested) anymore. One thing i can't get over is how this is still happening? The ammount of stigma now attached to IE has really damaged the product. If they are wise (Personal Opinion) I would scrap the entire codebase of IE and start with an entireley new one for VISTA and change the name so the product gets a new start at life. I don't know, call it Vic the Vista internet client (or Voom sounds better). I switched to firefox quite a while ago, before that, Mozilla, before that Opera and what the hey i even think i was using Netscape before IE and have never looked back. Sorry IE ;).

  2. easier solution by User+956 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Sunbelt blog notes, "This exploit can be mitigated by turning off Javascripting."

    It can also be mitigated by using firefox.

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  3. Re:Let's help users move away from IE. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    because their vulnerable computer, once part of a botnet, can be used to help attack our computers.

    why should we get our friends to fix the brakes on their, car? afterall, it's their car, right?