An anti-virus company is warning the public about a security hole in the Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser.
Officials at Trend Micro say a security hole in Explorer could allow hackers to take over your computer by tricking you into visiting tainted Web sites. Officials at Trend say as many as 10,000 sites have been compromised since last week.
Some security experts recommend you use another Internet browser until the problem has been fixed.
According to Microsoft, the virus affects "Windows Internet Explorer 7 on supported editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Server 2008."The company also says Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, and Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 on all supported versions of Microsoft Windows are potentially vulnerable.
"At this time, we are aware only of attacks that attempt to use this vulnerability against Windows Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation of these attacks so far has verified that they are not successful against customers who have applied
source : msnbc.msn.com
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