It’s not often that a browser security issue makes the mainstream media, so when it does — it’s worth spreading the word.
If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, the folks from Redmond consider the risk to be a maximum severity rating of critical — so you should down tools ASAP to download and install this new patch. You will need to re-start your computer for this one.
It’s located here: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/security/default.mspx
Examples of how the flaw is being exploited from Trend Micro:
“An online games information-stealing operation that seemed to be targeting Chinese users. Websites were rigged with a malicious JavaScript Trend Micro detects as JS_DLOAD.MD, triggering redirections to multiple URLs and leading users to the download of several TSPY_ONLINEG variants. ”
“Mass SQL injections on some 6,000 websites, one of which is a sporting goods site with a traffic rank of about 7 million. Several exploits (HTML_IFRAME.ZM, JS_DLOADER.QGV, HTML_AGENT.CPZZ) led to the download of WORM_AUTORUN.BSE. The worm modifies files and downloads malicious files on an infected PC. ”
Get it, install it.
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