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"There are three or four ways to conduct this type of attack," said Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina, a security consultant for the firm, and hackers could string together four or five minor vulnerabilities in IE to compromise a system. Alvarez Medina notes that he wasn't sure whether the exploit has been used in the wild.
Core Security Technologies is reportedly working with Microsoft to remedy the flaws, and Redmond told Ars that it is "investigating a responsibly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer," and it is "currently unaware of any attacks trying to use the vulnerability or of customer impact, and believe consumers are at a reduced risk due to responsible disclosure."
There's no word on when to expect a patch -- let's hope it's not five months away this time.
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Flaws in IE? Nawwwwww
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So, if I took I.E. out of Windows 7, how many security holes did I fix? Correct answer - all of them.
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I just patched my system. Dumped IE8 and switched to an alternate browser. Also considering moving from Windows to Linux to improve security.
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I've done the same and I feel so safe.
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yangly18 said:
internet explorer should just be dumped altogether if they dont want to put in the time to make it as secure as other browsers. I don't even know why it comes on computers pre-installed anymore, maby it's their way of trying to get people to get some viruses and mareware in their computer so they will think it's broken and go buy another one. I use google chrome and opera mostly, I find them quite effective and I like their designs. Along with a good firewall/spyware blocker I have great protection and yet have to get a single virus on my computer.
long story short- windows should contract with another browser as their default.
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