Sites and Soundbytes: IE6 and XP Users Beware!

IIS, IE exploit unleashed

Here is a new security flaw that may affect some libraries as well as home Internet users. The flaw affects computers running Windows XP, and using Internet Explorer 6. If you are not running both of those in conjunction, you have nothing to worry about with this flaw.

If you are running both, you need to download the latest patches from Microsoft. The flaw allows exploitation where JavaScript is used to redirect your browser to a Russian site where an executable file is downloaded and executed. Then a keystroke logger is installed on the machine.

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