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Internet Explorer 6 Users Vulnerable To New Hacker Attack

Nov 4, 2010
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PCWorld: Internet Explorer 6 Users Vulnerable To New Hacker Attack

Only Microsoft’s latest browser product, IE9, still in beta, would be invulnerable to the new exploit, the company says, but users of the oldest, IE6, are most likely to be victimized.


“Microsoft today warned that attackers are targeting Internet Explorer (IE) with an exploit of a critical unpatched vulnerability in all current versions of the browser.

Only IE9, which is still in beta, is unaffected.

Microsoft and others confirmed that attacks are circulating in the wild, primarily targeting IE6, the nine-year-old browser that Microsoft’s been trying to kill for more than a year.”

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