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Old 08-01-2005, 04:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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IE flaw threat hits the roof
Three unpatched flaws in Internet Explorer now pose a higher danger, a security company warned, after code to exploit one of the issues was published to the Internet.

Secunia said Friday that it had raised its rating of the vulnerabilities in Microsoft's browser to "extremely critical," its highest rating. The flaws, which affect IE 6, could enable attackers to place and execute programs such as spyware and pornography dialers on victims' computers without their knowledge, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.


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Old 12-01-2005, 02:28 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Thanks for the warning Jephree. It's times like this where some kind of automated roll-out process like SUS would be useful at the office. Oh well, looks like a trip to 45 different servers, PCs and laptops - oh joy !


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Old 12-01-2005, 09:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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Stickied this thead. Very important indeed. I got the MS Security Bulletin today about it. I got the patch via Automatic Updates yesterday.
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Been here for quite a while now. This thread is now unstuck.
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