Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Alert From Microsoft to all Internet Explorer Users


IE vulnerability

Microsoft has advised all   Windows users to install a free security software(Click here to Download) to protect their PCs from a newly discovered vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser.



a researcher in Luxemburg, discovered it on Friday after finding his computer infected by the Poison Ivy Trojan, used by hackers to gain remote access to their victims' computers to steal data.Poison Ivy exploits a “use-after-free vulnerability” in IE that enables a hacker to create an image URL referencing uninitialized memory. This corrupts the memory and once completely executed gives the attacker remote access with the same permissions as the current user.

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