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June 23, 2003

Recent Microsoft Security Problem Affects You Even If You Don't Use IE

One more simple solution to Microsoft Internet Explorer security problems has bitten the dust. Forget about just using Mozilla, Netscape, Opera or another browser. Just the mere fact that you have IE installed, whether or not you use it, leaves you vulnerable.

The money quote from What You Should Know About Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-020 is "This vulnerability affects computers that have Microsoft Internet Explorer installed. (You do not have to be using Internet Explorer as your Web browser to be affected by this issue.)"

The potential issue: "A number of security issues have been identified in Microsoft® Internet Explorer that could enable an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows®-based systems and then take a variety of actions. For example, an attacker could run programs on a computer used to view the attacker's Web site."

Mindboggling.

Posted by dmk at June 23, 2003 10:21 PM