Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Microsoft Warns of a New IE Security Threat

Microsoft has urged Windows users to install a free security software to protect their PCs from a newly discovered vulnerability in its Internet Explorer browser.

Microsoft said it will advise customers on its Web site to install the software as an interim measure, buying some time for it to fix the bug and release a new, more secure version of Internet Explorer, Reuters reported on Monday.

The free security tool, called the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), will prevent hackers from gaining access to Windows-based systems and is currently available on Microsoft Web site.

This comes after security researcher Eric Romang discovered a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which he claimed woud affect fully patched versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9.

Please be aware. This is for Internet Explorer, not Chrome, Firefox or Safari. However even if you do not use Internet Explorer regularly you should take the time to install this free security software. I ran the application this morning and it took less then 3 minutes and no re-boot was required.

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