Earlier this week Security Fix wrote about a newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet 
Explorer Web browser that bad guys were exploiting to install malicious software when users merely browsed certain nasty Web sites.
That post advised users who wanted to continue using IE to jack up the Javascript security settings on the browser, but as the most recent attacks with this exploit have shown, the bad guys don’t need to use Javascript to execute their attacks with this vulnerability.
Microsoft has since published an advisory with a workaround that seems to be pretty effective at stopping these attacks, pending the release of a patch from Microsoft (the company says it may not arrive until Oct. 10). The temporary fix involves "unregistering" the vulnerable Windows component, and is pretty straightforward step that should help mitigate this threat. Guarding Against the New IE Exploit - Security Fix
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