JBELL
01-29-2004, 07:44 AM
http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=displaynews&NewsID=944
A security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer could prove devastating.
Following the exposure of a vulnerability in Windows XP earlier this week, “http-equiv” of Malware has revealed that Explorer 6 users (and possibly users of earlier versions) could be fooled into downloading what look like safe files but are, in fact, whatever the author wishes them to be - including executables.
A security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer could prove devastating.
Following the exposure of a vulnerability in Windows XP earlier this week, “http-equiv” of Malware has revealed that Explorer 6 users (and possibly users of earlier versions) could be fooled into downloading what look like safe files but are, in fact, whatever the author wishes them to be - including executables.