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Internet Explorer's security flaw puts users at risk
December 16th, 2008 - Posted by Caitlin
Hackers have discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. So far, up to 10,000 websites have been compromised by this security flaw. So far, hackers have mainly used the flaw to steal game passwords, but it could also allow criminals to take control of people's computers and steal their passwords. Microsoft has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said that the flaw exists in all versions of Internet Explorer, which is used by the vast majority of the world's computer users. Microsoft is currently working on a patch to resolve the issue, but in the meantime, experts recommend that Internet Explorer users switch to another Internet browser. Other browsers, including Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera are not vulnerable to this security flaw.
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January 29th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
HAVE POP-UPS FOR ANTIVIRUS 2010 FROM WINDOWS. i HAVE MACFEE AND AM TOTALLY PROTECTED BUT i DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THESAE POP-UPS.CALLED AT&t and they said it has to be done manually but I have no idea of where to go. pop-ups say i'm in danger of e-mail. file,etc teft but again at&t said this was a weak spot in windows software—what to do?
January 30th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Hi, Bonnie. It sounds like this is an issue with your Windows anti-virus software, not McAfee. I would suggest that you check out the Microsoft support website at http://support.microsoft.com/ for guidance on how to manually disable pop up messages.
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Caitlin Podiak
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