Thursday, June 14, 2012

Beware Internet Explorer Zero-Day Hack: Microsoft / Infopackets.com

Beware Internet Explorer Zero-Day Hack: Microsoft / Infopackets.com:

"If you run Windows and haven't installed Tuesday's batch of security fixes, you should stop whatever else you're doing and run them now," Goodin said. (Source: arstechnica.com)


This is caused by Internet Explorer - which should be called the "Firefox and Chrome browser downloader program". Please, Please, do not use Internet Explorer unless you absolutely have to - for a work application or the like. This browser has been the source of many of the major security breaches in modern computing. It is slow, ad-ridden (think Bing, msn, Windows Live) and less than user friendly.