Are you still using Internet Explorer (IE)? If you answer yes then you might want to think about making the change. It was discovered that IE has some pretty serious security flaw that have let people open to hackers. There are even country's that are warning people to get off of IE:
Last December Google was hacked which was then followed by a few other companies. The hacks were coming out of China. Microsoft even issued a Advisory:
This advisory discusses the following software.
| Affected Software |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 |
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Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 |
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Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 |
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Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems |
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Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 |
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Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service pack 2 |
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Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Windows 7 |
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Windows 7 for x64-based Systems |
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Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems |
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Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems |
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Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 |
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Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 8 for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows Vista x64 Edition, Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1, and Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7 |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems |
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Internet Explorer 8 in Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems |
| Non-Affected Software |
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Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 |
Nice so bottom line is if you are still using Windows 2000 sp4 then your safe if not then time to jump ship. OK this happened in December but why are we really only hearing about it now? Well the hack took and script to run this attack was just posted on the internet. I won't post a link here but it took me all of 2 minutes to find it.
Now if your a true blue IE user and your not sure where to go then let me help you. Here are some other browsers that you can use:


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