Microsoft Issues Patch for Critical Internet Explorer Hole

[Squirrel]

I thought those of you who use I.E. might find this interesting. :shock:

Microsoft on Tuesday issued an "out-of-cycle" software patch to help stem the spread of a computer virus that was exploiting a newly revealed vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

The as-of-yet unnamed "Trojan horse" virus takes advantage of a flaw in the ".ani" file format, which some Web sites use to change the mouse cursor into an hourglass while a program works, or into a dancing animal or other animation on specially designed Web sites.

The flaw was only publicly revealed last week, but by Friday virus writers were writing malware to exploit it, prompting one third-party security company to issue its own patch, and others to warn PC users not to use Internet Explorer.

News article.

[ellymay]

Thanks Squirrel for the heads up. Ever since I downloaded Firefox I use it more then IE now. :smile:

[CoolMaker]

Internet Exploder, has exploded again.. :lol: I only use it if a website won't let me in any other way( there are some assholes left that believe in it)... and then I usually try to find an alternate website that will let me use Mozilla... :wink: