A vulnerability in as-yet unpatched Microsoft software poses a more severe threat to Internet Explorer 6 users than those on the next version of the browser, security vendor Symantec has warned. The flaw in Microsoft's Access database software came to light just as Microsoft issued its patches for the month on July 8. The problem is within the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control, which allows someone to see an Access report without launching the software.Attackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability by either creating Web pages or hacking existing Web pages to host the attack. The hackers lure people to the pages through spam or an instant message.
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It'll make things better for everyone security wise.
cause it seems everyone either uses IE7 or Firefox nowadays for the most part.
but then again im sure there's people out there that dont get updates etc etc but it will always be like that cause the sad (but pretty much a fact) is most of the people who read neowin are more technical savy and probably are not using IE6 so this article probably is somewhat useless for them but all the people who this might help are probably not reading these forums etc etc lol
If you only use IE6 for Windows Update, WTF does the look of the GUI have to do with it!?
Should add that I very seldom even use Windows anymore though as it is just plain dumb!
Even under IE7 the flaw remains. It's just that IE7 doesn't have the same kind of route through to ActiveX. So, should Microsoft issue a patch for IE6, which is not at fault here, or to fix the flaw in the control? If an exhaust rattled because there was a stone in it, would you remove the stone or wrap the exhaust in muffling?
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