Microsoft Patches VML

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It was another scary week for IE6 where a VML exploit was found and being abused on a number of different russian porn sites and also making its way to infect home users. But most home users haven’t been stirred up by this exploit considering they don’t read much technology news anyway. The VML exploit could install malicious files and connect their PC to a botnet serving up spam and porn for all to see.

These types of exploits are critical mostly because the way of infection doesn’t require any user interaction. There is no downloading "google.com" file to your PC, or helping another user decide on "which pics to upload". All it takes is one little click and you’re owned. The Patch was officially released, and should be making the rounds to every WindowsXP Sp2 PC that has automatic downloads installed. Its just another reminder to put IE out of its misery and download FireFox or Opera. To stay on the safer side consider Opera since its market share is far below Firefox.