Microsoft Internet Security Flaw

Microsoft is investigating a new published flaw in the Internet Explorer browser, which reportedly allows hackers to take over users' machines. The security vulnerability has been reported by the French Security incident Response team (FrSIRT), which says the flaw is related to a piece of code that is included in Microsoft's Visual Studio software. FrSIRT said exploit code for the flaw is already circulating on the internet.

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Date - 23 August 2005