On Monday night, Microsoft urged users of Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions to deploy a toolkit that could help protect against a series of attacks hitting its system.
Image via CrunchBase |
“We have received reports of only a small number of targeted attacks and are working to develop a security update to address this issue,” Microsoft said in a company blog.
The company said consumers using IE are protected when using workarounds and mitigations, such as deploying its Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). This tookit aims to protect against this issue and should not affect usability of websites.
Microsoft said users should also set their Internet and local intranet security zone settings to “high” to block ActiveX Controls and Active Scripting.
CLICK HERE for more.
We gave up IE years ago as it was always an issue.
For all the latest news,
please click on the Home button towards the top of this site.
Have a news story? Submit
it above.
Some of Gloucester's most
incredible history is found on this site in detail.
Gloucester, VA Links and
News – A GVLN Website.
We cover what no one else
will.