Microsoft warn IE users to use another browser

[Captain_Rightfoot]

To all those IE users out there is another very nasty IE flaw that allows people to get all sorts of passwords and userid's. Read about it here (http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24813123-15306,00.html).

It's nasty and it is estimated it has affected only 1% of Australian IE users. That's great.. 1% of Australias computer users with potentially their internet banking details stolen....:rocket::rocket:

Edit: they are releasing a patch in the morning. Use something else until then.

[101RRS]

Microsoft will rush out an emergency fix for its Internet Explorer (IE) software after the discovery of a flaw which allows hackers to take over PCs. The company says a patch for the web browser will be released today - rather than wait for its regular security update next month. The flaw was discovered last week and attacks were "spreading like wildfire", according to software security firm Trend Micro. "When the patch is released people should run, not walk, to get it installed," said Trend Micro researcher Paul Ferguson.

"This vulnerability is being actively exploited by cyber-criminals and getting worse every day."

The security breach allows hackers to gain access to PCs by directing people to infected websites. Internet security experts say the flaw is dangerous because nothing has to be downloaded for computers to be taken advantage of. Teams of IT engineers have been working around the clock to deliver a fix for the defect.Trend Micro believes as many as 10,000 sites have already been compromised to take advantage of the flaw.

John Curran, head of Microsoft's Windows commercial business group in the UK, said: "Obviously when you are talking about a customer base of over one billion people, any amount of vulnerability is too much and any type of infection is going to see a large number of people affected by it."

[Slunnie]

You shouldn't have your banking details stored by the browser. It's already bad enough with Trojans, key loggers etc.

[MickG]

I heard Firefox issued a "patch" as well for their browser?

[PhilipA]

Yes I received a Firefox patch yesterday 18/12 and a big windows update today which included the IE patch plus several others for Vista.
Regard sPhilip A

[MickG]

Yes I received a Firefox patch yesterday 18/12 and a big windows update today which included the IE patch plus several others for Vista.
Regard sPhilip A

You don't happen to have a link for the Firefox patch do you Philip.......I think I "patched" mine but went about it a different way? Interested to know what I did......not being too savy with these kinds of changes:(:D

Aye, Mick

[PhilipA]

No mine comes automatically, but if you go to the mozilla site I am sure it will be easy to find.
Regards Philip A

[moose]

Or if you go to the top of your firefox browser, click "tools" > "options" > "advanced" > "update" > " Show update history" will tell you exactly what has been done
:thumbsup:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Mine patched itself on the 17th around 5pm Mick,,,

Times like this I'm glad I put Firefox on Mum and Dads Pc:angel:

[The Mutt]

Mine patched itself on the 17th around 5pm Mick,,,

Times like this I'm glad I put Firefox on Mum and Dads Pc:angel:

I glad I put Firefox on my Daughters Notebook.

We we patched on the 11th

Glenn