NeonWizard Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 A computer science researcher has highlighted the shortcomings of Microsoft's latest patch for its Internet Explorer browser by identifying another way that online vandals could run malicious programs on a Web surfer's computer. Microsoft on Friday released a fix that's designed to protect computers from one of three flaws that, together, could be used to digitally slip past a PC's security through the browser. This weekend, however, a security researcher identified another flaw that could serve the same purpose and that isn't fixed by Microsoft's patch. "They chose to address only one part of the problem," said Jelmer Kuperus, a computer science student in the Netherlands who posted the code for the work-around. "They should have seen this one coming." Read Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Ah well, here we go again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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