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IE 5.5sp2 and IE6 critical Security Update

As we reported a day or so ago about the new hole in IE5 and IE6, Microsoft were working on a fix but it had not been released. Well Microsoft have decided to release a fix for this and other vunerabilities.

    This update eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Internet Explorer 6, and addresses the "Incorrect Content-Disposition Handling Can Cause IE to Execute Code Automatically" security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and 6, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-058. Download now to protect your computer from all previously discussed security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and 6, as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities: the File Execution vulnerability, a variant of the Frame Domain Verification vulnerability, and the File Name Spoofing vulnerabilty.
Download: Update for Internet Explorer 6 (2.27mb, English)

Download: Update for Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 (2.15mb, English)

View and download Additional Languages for Critical Updates - Security Update, December 13, 2001

View Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-058: 13 December 2001 Cumulative Patch for IE

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