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All versions of Internet Explorer have major security vulnerability

All versions of Internet Explorer have major security vulnerability
Jonathan Riggall

Jonathan Riggall

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Microsoft has announced the discovery of a security vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer, from 6 to 11. Together, this means a quarter of the browser market is affected by the problem.
Microsoft is working on a patch to fix the issue, but until then, the best advice is to stop using Internet Explorer. Google Chrome and Firefox are good, safe alternatives.

This is how Microsoft describes the vulnerability:
“The vulnerability exists in the way that Internet Explorer accesses an object in memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated. The vulnerability may corrupt memory in a way that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user within Internet Explorer. An attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability through Internet Explorer and then convince a user to view the website.”

A further problem is for XP users. As was widely advertised, Microsoft has stopped support for the operating system, meaning when a security risk like this emerges, users will be at risk. That a big risk like this has appeared so soon is evidence of how dangerous it can be to continue using an operating system that no longer has security support.

Source: Microsoft

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