Researchers sound alarm about bug in free antivirus scanner

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

A bug in Trend Micro's free online virus scanning service can be used by hackers to hijack Windows PCs running Internet Explorer, security researchers warned. Attackers able to dupe users into visiting a malicious Web page could exploit a vulnerability in the custom ActiveX control that Trend Micro distributes to users ...

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Hackers find new crack in Windows

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

Microsoft Corp. rushed out an emergency patch Wednesday to fix a major security flaw in its Internet Explorer Web browser that has allowed hackers to infect millions of computers with viruses and steal personal information. So far, the vulnerability has not led to the widespread infections common a few years ago. ...

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All Internet Explorer Versions Have Hole

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

The unpatched bug in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that hackers are now exploiting also exists in older versions of the browser, including the still-widely-used IE6, Microsoft Corp. said. Friday, a Danish security researcher added that Microsoft's original countermeasure advice was insufficient, and recommended users take one of the new steps the ...

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ActiveX poses threat to Vista, Microsoft says

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Windows Vista operating system is far better protected from attack code than Windows XP is. However, in a report issued last week, the company said that its own ActiveX plug-in technology is a significant threat to Vista. The latest of the company's twice-yearly security intelligence reports said that half of the ...

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IE8 beta installs with search bar ‘keylogger’

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Microsoft's IE8 browser includes a keystroke-logging search suggestion tool similar to the one that Google modified on Monday after coming under fire from consumers. Unlike Chrome, IE8 Beta 2 does not enable the feature - which some have compared to a keylogger - by default. One privacy expert said that was ...

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