Yet another reason to steer clear of Internet Explorer

[irishstu]

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5365296.stm

Microsoft has issued warnings about a serious flaw in Internet Explorer that allows attackers to hijack a PC via the popular browser.

So far there is no fix to close the bug…

It said it would patch the bug in its next security update due on 10 October.

A properly crafted webpage can exploit this problem and install almost anything they want on the target machine.

Tests by Sunbelt Software on a Windows machine patched with all the latest security updates showed attackers installing a huge amount of spyware and other malicious programs.

Any Windows PC suffering such an infection would become unusable.

Microsoft issued a formal alert that tells users how to avoid falling victim while a patch is being prepared.

Seems this is only CURRENTY affecting something called “porn” sites (whatever they are :p), but it won’t be long before other sites exploit this.

So if you haven’t started using Firefox or Opera, maybe now’s the time. You hear that, Mother Theresa?

[Chef_David]

i went to firefox folowing recomendation on F.com and i’ll never go back

[irishstu]

Well, looks like Bill Gates pays attention to these threads…
The patch has been released early:

tinyurl.com/ghd5s