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Browser security vulnerability if a web site is hacked and has videos on it!

by Support
(Arizona)

There is a security vulnerability in ALL browers using Active X to play a video on a web site, may want to stay away for those that play video automaticly, if a site is hacked your browser will be downloading a virus when the Active X plays the video.

This just in from Microsoft:


http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=RlgBwBQn


Here is the fix:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972890#FixItForMe

Because this is a script that Active X runs it will effect all browsers not just IE!

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Found this report interesting and valueable the URLs easy to access will look into it futher. My thanks to it's author.

Kermit.

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