Unpatched IE vuln exploited by adware

Unpatched IE vuln exploited by adware
John Leyden, The Register 2004-06-10

Detailed information on a brace of unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer has been posted onto a dull disclosure mailing list. The flaws involve a cross-zone scripting vuln and a bug in IE's Local Resource Access and pose an "extremely critical" risk to Windows users, according to security firm Secunia. The vulnerabilities affect both Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook.

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Unpatched IE vuln exploited by adware 2004-06-11
Patchwork

Run Windowsupdate and take all security updates.

Run the following spyware programs regulary, all of them. Keep them updated.

Spywareblaster

Spy Sweeper

Ad-Aware

Spybot Search and Destroy

Spyware Doctor

Hijack This

CWShredder

These work and are the only way I have even found to put a dent in the spyware on our networks. Set Internet Security in Control

Panel for IE to High, and allow only the Download option.

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