Dear ZDnet ..when posting a headline could you include the
words “known PATCHED flaw”… just a FYI.
You make the headline sound like this flaw is NEW
and it’s something that’s not been patched, but
it’s been fixed since like LAST JULY.
Hello people … you know that most of these computer
issues we’re still seeing these days are due to NOT PATCHING?
Online extortionists exploit a known flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Web browser to download and run a malicious program.
http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=191786-2072731&brand=zdnet&ds=5
Even more amazing is that the ZDnet author chose not to get any comment from Microsoft, nor refer the reader to the fix or windowsupdate.microsoft.com.
If this were a vulnerability in Firefox, and not IE, I’m sure we would have heard from a Mozilla talking-head and given specific advice on how to secure your system from the flaw.