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More IE Flaws!

By Derek Sooman

On June 29, 2004, 7:43 AM

Security experts have advised internet users to either turn off some Internet Explorer features or to use another browser. Unknown attackers who had taken control of several Web servers used the flaw last week to install a remote-access program, dubbed JS.Scob.Trojan, onto the PCs of visitors to those sites.

[COLOR=#1951B9]"I hope that Microsoft will come up with a patch soon," said Johannes Ullrich, chief technology officer for the Internet Storm Center, a site that monitors network threats. "Until they do, you basically have two choices: Disable JavaScript in Internet Explorer or install another browser." [/COLOR]

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  1. [quote]THE US GOVERNMENT has sent out a warning out to internet users through its Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), pleading users to stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Following a malware attack last week which targeted a known flaw in IE, like so many other attacks, the US-CERT recommended using alternative browsers thanks to their increased security. Microsoft is hurriedly trying to increase IE's security with the Windows XP Service Pack 2, but it's not fast enough for many. In a vulnerability note released by US-CERT, it says "there are a number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies relating to the IE domain" and that "it is possible to reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser." Well, they're right. The latest "extremely critical" IE bug has still not been patched by Microsoft. µ[/quote] [URL=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16922]Internet Exploder will harm your machine[/URL]
  2. [b] Lay it down Rick! :D [/b]And to the point of how I know what sites are infected or not - It comes naturally, hence im clean to date :)
  3. Uranus :p
  4. Yeah maybe its the home land 8)
  5. [quote][i]Originally posted by ---agissi--- [/i]And to the point of how I know what sites are infected or not - It comes naturally, hence im clean to date :) [/quote] :D

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