I hope I dont get attacked. Do you think this is worse than Heartbleed? IE has a larger market share than websites that use OpenSSL. Good thing I have both a good antivirus and antimalware.

Read the link on Anaks post for a quick mitigation

https://www.sevenforums.com/security-...ay-attack.html

MS will likely issue a patch today. A Guy

Looks there's a workaround the time to wait for a patch...just saw that today!

One workaround, which is listed towards the bottom of Microsoft's alert, includes disabling VGX.dll, which is responsible for rendering of VML (Vector Markup Language) code in webpages. VML is only infrequently used on the web, Kandek adds, so disabling it in IE is the best way to prevent exploitation. To deregister it, type in the following:

0-Day Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Threatens Windows XP

Yea Yawn :)

Thanks for the link to Anaks story not sure how I missed that one

Microsoft did release this today,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2929437/en-us

It's pretty much the same warning that's getting blown out of proportion by the anti-MS and anti-IE crowd. You gotta be as smart as a rock to fall for the typical scams used to get people to click on links that are infected.

Mitigating Factors:

• By default, Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 runs in a restricted mode that is known as Enhanced Security Configuration. This mode mitigates this vulnerability.
• By default, all supported versions of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Windows Mail open HTML email messages in the Restricted sites zone. The Restricted sites zone, which disables script and ActiveX controls, helps reduce the risk of an attacker being able to use this vulnerability to execute malicious code. If a user clicks a link in an email message, the user could still be vulnerable to exploitation of this vulnerability through the web-based attack scenario.
• An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
• In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website that contains a webpage that is used to exploit this vulnerability. In addition, compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content or advertisements could contain specially crafted content that could exploit this vulnerability. In all cases, however, an attacker would have no way to force users to visit these websites. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to visit the website, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker's website.

Things I can and can not do any thing about.
Can't Do'S
1. I can not stop attackers from trying to get into my system.
2. I can not use a browser that is 100% safe all the time.
3. I can not update my browser and security programs faster than the updates are out (published).
4. I can not slow down the bad guys from coming up with new ways to attack my system.
** Their are many more things I can not do. Add to the list as you see fit.
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Can DO's
1. I can read security news like we are doing now. A Guy and others post many of them. Having a basic knowledge of what the bad guys are up to will help.
2. I can keep all my security programs updated often. Once a week is not enough.
3. I can check other programs such as Adobe, Flash ect. and make sure they have their security updates.
4. I can do security scans for infections, PUP, Adware ect. even when their are no signs of a problem. I can have a problem and not know it.
5. I can choose not to open goofy emails, Instant Messages ect.
I can't believe people still do this after a decade of warnings.
6. I can shut down the computer when a web page starts to act crazy and doing a lot of things I didn't ask for and then run security scans.
7. I can choose not to use P2P/Torrents.
8. I can choose who gets my email address to some degree.
9. I can choose who gets my personnel information to some degree.
10. I can choose how the keyboard and mouse are used and when.
This is the big one: If I choose to use the mouse and keyboard in a unsafe way then I will get in trouble quickly.

Note:
If they ever did create programs to protect my system 100% from the bad guys we all would have it.
Now they would have to create a program to protect me and my system from me. Only I can protect me and my system from me.

Kudos Layback Bear!

Thank you Jacee.