Chinese team mistakenly released unpatched IE7 exploit

[Thankful]

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security_hardware_and_software&articleId=9123179

[tgell]

I wonder if this also affects IE6?

[Rmus]

From the article:

-{ Quote: "The problem in IE7 means a computer could be infected with malicious software merely by visiting a Web site, one of the most dangerous computer security scenarios." }-Those who frequent the 'Other Anti-malware software' forum here at Wilders know that there are a number of solutions which will easily block this type of exploit, which attempts to download the trojan executable mentioned. See here for an analysis of the exploit:


0-day exploit for Internet Explorer in the wild
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5458


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rich