<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">What happened?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">A security
weakness in Internet Explorer has just been disclosed over the weekend by the
Computer Security Firm saying that, some companies in US has already attacked
because of this vulnerability.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Target</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">The
Infected version are those between Internet Explorer Version 6-11 where many
users approximately 55 % in the World market use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Effects</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Microsoft said in the advisory that the vulnerability could
allow a hacker to take complete control of an affected system, then do things
such as viewing changing, or deleting data, installing malicious programs, or
creating accounts that would give hackers full user rights</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Plans & Races</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">While
Microsoft is in rush to fix the bug, </span><span style="font-size:12pt">other
groups of hackers are now racing to learn more about it so they can launch
similar attacks before Microsoft prepares a security update. </span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Bad and Sad</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">It is a bad and sad that, the fix that Microsoft is
planning to do will not fix flaws in users using Windows XP and therefore,
these users are advised to use Windows 7 or 8.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Rumors</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">On the other hand others think this might be the trick
used by Microsoft to panic users who use XP but who knows the reality? No one
among us.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Advice</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Switch to other browsers such as Mozilla Firefox,
Google Chrome etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Keep your computer up to date (Windows updates,
antivirus etc.). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt">Use Open Source or If you are using Windows XP, then migrate
to Windows 7 or 8 (at least to receive patches before it is too late)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">More info on:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Microsoft-rushes-to-fix-Internet-Explorer-after-attacks-no-fix-for-Windows-XP-users/articleshow/34307515.cms">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Microsoft-rushes-to-fix-Internet-Explorer-after-attacks-no-fix-for-Windows-XP-users/articleshow/34307515.cms</a></span></i></p>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Frankosiligi Solomon<br><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p><b><i><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">"Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never Win"</span></i></b></p></div>
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