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Vulnerability affects *every* version of Internet Explorer | |
| Occams Taser
Offer Upgrade  User ID: 57388129  United States04/27/2014 06:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you're still using a 12-year-old operating system, a new security flaw discovered in Internet Explorer should cause you quite a bit of consternation. Microsoft published a security advisory today warning its customers that a vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer (6 through 11) could let hackers gain full user permissions over your computer, allowing them to install programs, view and delete data, and much more simply by visiting a website. That's not good, but at least anyone using Internet Explorer on a modern version of Windows will likely see a patch within a couple weeks' time. Since Microsoft finally ended support for Windows XP on April 8th, it will not receive an update. This is the first known security flaw since that support deadline passed, and it bears true the warnings voiced by the tech community. Windows XP is no longer secure, and it's time to move on.... [link to www.theverge.com]  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57154760  Canada04/27/2014 06:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Workarounds Deploy the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.1 The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) helps mitigate the exploitation of this vulnerability by adding additional protection layers that make the vulnerability harder to exploit. EMET 4.1 is officially supported by Microsoft. At this time, EMET is only available in the English language. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2458544. Note EMET 3.0 does not mitigate this issue. For more information about configuring EMET, see the EMET User's Guide: On 32-bit systems the EMET User's Guide is located in C:\Program Files\EMET\EMET User's Guide.pdf On 64-bit systems the EMET User's Guide is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\EMET\EMET User's Guide.pdf Configure EMET 4.1 for Internet Explorer EMET 4.1, in the recommended configuration, is automatically configured to help protect Internet Explorer. No additional steps are required. |
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User ID: 28167778 United States04/27/2014 06:59 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57293235 United States04/27/2014 07:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57421858  Sweden04/27/2014 08:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 57293235 United States04/28/2014 11:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
