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Old Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browsers Hit By Dormant Vulnerability

Old Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browsers Hit By Dormant Vulnerability

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Certain versions of the hugely popular Internet Explorer browser have been reported to be under a new threat by a previously undiscovered flaw. The users of IE6 and IE7 have been told to keep their anti-virus updated and block websites which they don’t trust. The attack code, which could be used for breaking into a PC using the old Internet Explorers, was posted by an unidentified hacker to the Bugtraq mailing list. However IE8 users have been reported to be in...



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