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A new Fixit for another Internet Explorer 0day
Posted on March 16th, 2010 at 04:34 2 commentsIf you’re still using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, and haven’t upgraded to IE 8 or started using a better browser, you need to run over to Microsoft’s Security Advisory 981374 and apply the “Fixit” patch.
According to SANS Internet Storm Center, Microsoft posted the Fixit a few hours ago.
The Fixit disables something called the “peer factory” in IE6 and IE7. Apparently there’s working zero-day code running around that takes advantage of the security hole to run “backdoors” – programs that take over your computer, without your knowledge or consent.
2 responses to “A new Fixit for another Internet Explorer 0day”
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David Redfearn March 17th, 2010 at 06:13
This patch caused a “script error in IE” when trying to print from Outlook(!) I had to take it off. Unfortunately, our company requires IE6 on our work PCs (though I use Firefox for most browsing).
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A. Tremmel March 17th, 2010 at 20:28
Same problem here with the script error…thanks for the heads up, David…
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