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New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk

Postby Tad » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:16 am

All you old timers using XP beware! :shock:

New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk

Computerworld - Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE).

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9163298/New_zero_day_involves_IE_puts_Windows_XP_users_at_risk?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2010-03-01
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Re: New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk

Postby blues » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:35 am

Tad wrote:All you old timers using XP beware! :shock:

New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk

Computerworld - Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE).

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9163298/New_zero_day_involves_IE_puts_Windows_XP_users_at_risk?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2010-03-01



Most of us old timers with XP don't use IE we have already learned that lesson.

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Re: New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk

Postby fook » Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:30 pm

Tad wrote:All you old timers using XP beware! :shock:

New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk

Computerworld - Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE).

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9163298/New_zero_day_involves_IE_puts_Windows_XP_users_at_risk?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2010-03-01


don't you mean all of you people using windows, period? :lol:

besides, i thought that the last big IE bug was confirmed to be exploitable in some fashion for all versions. any of you nerdier guys ever actually run something like snort or another IDS on your home internet connection? its downright scary. sometimes in a day i'll get hundreds of attack attempts on my gateway, i wonder how many people actually have windows sitting right on the internet.
keep widdling away at my rights, its just a small price to pay.. each and every time.
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