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Patch for new Internet Explorer Exploit - Updated

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A group of security researchers on Friday posted an unsanctioned patch for the Internet Explorer VML bug, putting more pressure on Microsoft to push its own fix to users before its next scheduled update on Oct. 10.
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Eric Sites, vice president of research and development at Sunbelt Software, which first reported the vulnerability and exploit earlier this week, also said that attacks were "definitely escalating." In a conversation with a tier 1 support representative at Cox Cable on Friday, Sites said, he was told that the cable operator had several thousand support calls and e-mails backed up, with users reporting a wide variety of complaints, including IE crashes. "That may be a targeted attack," said Sites.

More on the exploit: http://www.techweb.c...e/security/193003570

This thread has been updated with a link to the new Official MS patch..

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