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Re: [News] [Rival] Emergency at Microsoft Due to Internet Exploders



Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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MS issues brown alert over unpatched IE 7 flaw

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| Microsoft warned on Saturday that attacks targeting the vulnerability, which | affects versions of its flagship browser on all supported versions of | Windows, are becoming more widespread. The security bug first came to | prominence a week ago, just before the latest edition of Microsoft's update | cycle. `----

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/15/ie7_exploits/


Recent:

Microsoft rushes out emergency Windows update

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| Microsoft is about to issue an emergency security update to plug a
| vulnerability which could allow an internet worm to be spread via a computer
| without the user doing anything.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/23/windows_emergency_update/


Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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I thought Microsoft made such a big deal about how safe Vista was from this sort of thing and how IE 7 was "sandboxed" so this could not happen?

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