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Microsoft Issues Workaround For IE 0-Day

Posted by timothy on from the we-call-these-o'houlihan-patches dept.

Orome1 writes "Microsoft has issued a security advisory with advice on how to patch a Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability recently spotted being exploited in the wild by attackers that might be the same ones that are behind the Nitro attacks. News that there is a previously unknown Internet Explorer vulnerability that is actively being misused in the wild by attackers that are believed to be the same ones that are behind the Nitro attacks has reverberated all over the Internet yesterday."

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  1. Load Firefox? by jfdavis668 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The work around is load firefox or chrome.

  2. Re:Tired of the IE hate... by NatasRevol · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The question is why you need to manage a browser so much.

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