Re: Microsoft to release patch for IE flaw


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Microsoft to release patch for IE flaw

* Richard Wray
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 17 December 2008 15.47 GMT

Microsoft is releasing a patch for the flaw in its Internet Explorer
browser, which has already lead to the infection of more than 2m
computers worldwide. The patch should be available on the Microsoft
Update website at 6pm GMT today.

The flaw, which lets hackers gain access to computers and steal personal
data, was spotted last week in IE7. It was subsequently found in earlier
versions of Microsoft's browser, IE5 and IE6, and the company has put
together a patch for all versions of its browser.

Because IE is used by seven out of every 10 computers in the world, the
flaw was potentially very serious and security experts went so far as to
suggest that users dump IE and use another browser, such as Firefox.

The flaw in IE can give criminals control of computers that have visited
a website infected with malicious code designed to exploit it. Antivirus
software specialist Trend Micro reckons as many as 10,000 sites have
been hacked to exploit the flaw.

John Curran, head of Microsoft's Windows commercial business group in
the UK, said yesterday that the company was "working around the clock"
to fix a problem which had infected about 0.2% of IE users - or about 2
million.

Sites that have been compromised so far, however, are mostly Chinese and
the attackers seem intent on stealing people's computer game passwords
in order to sell them on the black market, rather than looking for
personal details such as bank accounts.

Microsoft yesterday published an advance notification that the patch is
on its way, adding that it will host two webcasts to address customer
questions on these bulletins: on 17 December, at 1pm Pacific Time (US &
Canada) and 18 December, at 11am Pacific Time.


* guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008


Microsoft is adding all these updates and crap in an effort to disable previous versions of their software in order to sell everybody VISTA. I got that from a pretty reliable source.

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