Serious Internet Explorer Bug

[Ian]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sciencea...y-alert-Microsoft-says-all-users-at-risk.html

There appears to be a critical bug in Internet Explorer 7 and 8 (beta), and it's serious enough for you to consider switching browsers at least temporarily.

After only a week, there are already 10,000 sites (apparently) compromised with the exploit code.

It's worth switching or protecting yourself against this now, as if they use this exploit to deliver more serious viruses then it could be a pain to clean up (i.e. Sinowal!).

 

[spearace]

Good job I now use FireFox!

Although FF 3 has plenty of flaws in it too, so be sure to update to the latest version if you are using it.

 

[spearace]

I had to patch FF to 3.05 just hours after posting this yesterday, as it looks like there are serious problems with 3.04:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/155608/firefox_issues_eight_patches_for_web_browser.html