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Aynmair
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This may be useful to some who have not heard of it yet (this from our IT folks):
A significant vulnerability has been identified in multiple versions of Internet Explorer available on all versions of Microsoft Windows. This issue has received significant media attention and is commonly called a "Zero-Day" because attackers are using it the same day that it is announced and before patches are available.
This vulnerability is exploited by convincing you to view a specially crafted HTML document, usually a web page, often on compromised legitimate web sites that users might visit in the course of a typical day. Phishing e-mails or attachments may also link to the compromised web sites. Once Internet Explorer opens the page, the malicious code executes and gives the attacker the same rights and capabilities on the victim computer that the user has - yet another reason to not be running as administrator for everyday activities.
What you can do to stay as safe as possible:
- Do not use your administrator account for everyday activities
- Use an alternate browser (Firefox, Chrome, etc) for everything at least until updates have been released and applied for this.
- Be extremely vigilant in not opening unexpected or suspicious emails or attachments or links in emails.
- Be extremely cautious about which web pages you are visiting
A significant vulnerability has been identified in multiple versions of Internet Explorer available on all versions of Microsoft Windows. This issue has received significant media attention and is commonly called a "Zero-Day" because attackers are using it the same day that it is announced and before patches are available.
This vulnerability is exploited by convincing you to view a specially crafted HTML document, usually a web page, often on compromised legitimate web sites that users might visit in the course of a typical day. Phishing e-mails or attachments may also link to the compromised web sites. Once Internet Explorer opens the page, the malicious code executes and gives the attacker the same rights and capabilities on the victim computer that the user has - yet another reason to not be running as administrator for everyday activities.
What you can do to stay as safe as possible:
- Do not use your administrator account for everyday activities
- Use an alternate browser (Firefox, Chrome, etc) for everything at least until updates have been released and applied for this.
- Be extremely vigilant in not opening unexpected or suspicious emails or attachments or links in emails.
- Be extremely cautious about which web pages you are visiting
