Internet Explorer 7 Serious Vulnerability
Posted under: It has been a panicking year-end for Microsoft.
Public reported that vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer 7 which allows remote code execution. If the exploit succeeded, it could crash the browser and force a restart that would allow malicious code to piggyback on the Web page code when the browser is reopened after reboot.
With 26.6% of the Internet users executing their Internet activities on Internet Explorer 7 (according to w3schools), that means a quarter of us are exposed to the vulnerability (despites 1 in 500 as estimated by Microsoft).
Make sure you run Microsoft Auto Updates, anytime from now on!
It can be on your system tray as shown below, or you may go direct to Microsoft Update site (using IE).
I wouldn’t be too sure if that will keep your machine safe from any attacks, but at least it is all you can do now.
Either that, or switch to other alternative browsers.
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