Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Microsoft has released a Microsoft security advisory about this issue for IT professionals. The security advisory contains additional security-related information. To view the security advisory, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspxTwo Fix it solutions are available:Fix it solution for peer factory in iepeers.dll - We have created an application compatibility ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in VBScript that is exposed on supported versions of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 through the use of Internet Explorer. Our investigation has shown that the vulnerability cannot be exploited on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, ...
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 With its last update, Microsoft has added StartCom to the pre-installed root certificates in its operating system. As a result, Microsoft products (such as Internet Explorer) now accept certificates issued by StartCom without prompting the user or requiring any special configurations for the certificates. Third-party programs that use the operating ...
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 A researcher has developed a browser extension that stops advertising networks from tracking a person's surfing habits, such as search queries and content they view on the web.The extension, called Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO), enables its users to opt out of 27 advertising networks that are employing behavioural advertising ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Microsoft warned last week that it would be easy for cybercriminals to build new attacks using bugs it patched in the Internet Explorer browser; now that prediction has come true.On Tuesday, security vendor Trend Micro said that it had spotted the first attack taking advantage of one of two flaws ...
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