Re: Microsoft Zero Day security holes being exploited

And here's what Microsoft has to say:

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/09/22/458266.aspx

"imhotep" <imhotep@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:sNidnVbv5o2ZA4nYnZ2dnUVZ_rGdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Microsoft Zero Day security holes being exploited

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

Researcher Adam Thomas uncovered the exploit which revolves around the way
that the Internet Explorer browser handles a particular form of graphics
known as vector graphics.

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

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."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5365296.stm

Imhotep


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