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Malware Spreading Through Unpatched IE

Malware Spreading Through Unpatched IE

Published by Sami
09-21-2006

Bug Malware Spreading Through Unpatched IE

Security researchers at Sunbelt Software have discovered an active malware attack against fully patched versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

The exploit has been seeded at several **** sites hosted in Russia and is being used to launching drive-by malware downloads that appear to be hijacking Windows machines for use in botnets.

There are at least three different sites hosting the malicious executables, which are being served up on a rotational basis.

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News source: eWeek


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