[vox] More IE exploits

[Michael J Wenk]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 03:03:18PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 06:55:41AM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
> > I also saw a reference to:
> > 
> >   http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1617046,00.asp
> > 
> > which says that a PC running IE can be compromised just by
> > viewing an image.
> 
> BBC has more on this:
> 
>   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3840101.stm
> 
>   "Users are being told to avoid using Internet Explorer until
>   Microsoft patches a serious security hole in it."
> 
> 
> -bill!
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Reading the article it appears to require IIS be installed as well as IE, and
I have to say anyone who is running IIS has got to be utterly insane... :)