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Microsoft releases a Fix it solution to prevent Internet Explorer hijacking vulnerability

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  Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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• 2 min read

Microsoft has successfully released a ‘Fix it solution’ for the recently discovered targeted attack, CVE-2012-4792. This attack was specifically targeted at users of Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. Users of Internet Explorer 9 and 10 were not affected. The attack exploited a vulnerability that allowed an attacker to literally hijack a PC and […]