Prevent the Microsoft ActiveX Exploit in Internet Explorer
Microsoft yesterday announced a dangerous exploit for users with Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 operating systems and use Internet Explorer. You can read more about the exploit with this article from The Register. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you are not susceptible to this bug.
This is an odd announcement for Microsoft to make; usually, they will only announce that such bugs exist when they are releasing a fix to the problem. This prevents more malicious people from knowing about the exploits before there is a patch available. It seems in this instance and the reason for the rush announcement is that enough malicious people are actively exploiting the problem that Microsoft needed to announce the problem to make the general public aware of it as well. In this article, you can learn a number of different steps you can take to prevent the exploit from impacting you.





