FIX for the new IE vulnerability...
Recently a serious hole has been found in Internet Explorer to enable hackers to penetrate corporational networks.
The SANS-institute warns the code is being exploited in the wild:
http://www.dshield.org/diary.html?storyid=8002 One of MS advisories is enabling Data Execution Prevention (DEP) for Internet Explorer. In certain versions DEP is already installed and active, in other it is not. People do not need the FIX when on IE-8 on XP SP3 or Windows Vista SP1 of later versions. The list of vulnerable systems are in the MS list.
A FIX has now been published on the MS site, switching on DEP for IE so the exploit cannot be exploited.
The SANS institute does not expect an out-of-band patch to be launched, but the next round to be enrolled in February. So most sytems may stay vulnerable.
To overcome that time-frame install the FIXFIX. You can find it here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979352 Put the installer onto the desktop and double click to install the FIX. Put the fix as a bookmark inside the browser, because when the patch arrives you can undo the patch coming February,
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