The new unpatched windows bug affects the Internet Explorer users. The "zero-day" vulnerability routes the users to malicious site through a link in spam mail , where it launches a multi-exploit hacker toolkit that includes the DirectShow attack code. Thereby the hackers can take control of victims machine remotely without the knowledge of the users. According to CSIS Security Group, the bug is in an ActiveX control, the "msvidctl.dll" file, that streams video content.
Meanwhile Firefox has released its new version 3.5 a week ago.Has lot of security features. Firebug tool helps the developers to analyse the speed of their web pages & factors that affect the page response time..
New releases, bugs and patches are going to continue . We the users should be more careful while surfing & aware of latest releases & patches!!!
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