>MICROSOFT CORP. disclosed six new flaws in its Internet Explorer >software, the most serious of which could allow a hacker to run >certain programs on victims' computers with few restrictions. In >a security bulletin issued late Wednesday, Microsoft said the >most dangerous flaw, called a cross-site scripting >vulnerability, could allow a hacker to run malicious "scripts" >that have been embedded within a Web site or HTML e-mail. >Microsoft , which called the problem "critical," is urging >consumers using Explorer versions 5.01, 5.5 and 6.0 to download >a cumulative patch that fixes these six and other Explorer flaws >immediately from www.microsoft.com.
>Users can also protect >themselves by turning on the Microsoft Outlook e-mail program's >"Read as Plain Text" feature, which will disable all HTML >elements including attack programs exploiting the flaw. [Dow >Jones Newswires] Isn't this what we've been saying all along? Jodi Kodish Stav ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
