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September 25, 2006 Meanwhile, a second unofficial fix is out as attacks on Internet Explorer users are reportedly increasing. TAGS: Websense Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows PC, fix, flaw, malicious software, security company, attack, representative, Microsoft Corp., security, software company, e-mail, PC

March 25, 2006 Fix for a serious flaw in the Web browser may come early, as reports come in of Web sites using the hole for attacks. TAGS: McAfee Inc., flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, fix, vulnerability, attack, security, Symantec Corp., spyware, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, PC

October 1, 2006 Group of security professionals produces a patch for a flaw in Windows Shell that is being used in cyberattacks. TAGS: Vector Markup Language, fix, flaw, cyberattack, patch, attack, security, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, operating system, PC

March 28, 2006 Fix is designed to protect browser's users against cyberattacks that exploit a recently disclosed, unpatched flaw. TAGS: eEye Digital Security, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Stephen Toulouse, fix, patch, flaw, attack, source code, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., security, PC

September 30, 2006 Days after sample attack code for a yet-to-be-patched flaw surfaced, malicious sites are popping up that exploit the hole. TAGS: Websense Inc., flaw, e-mail spam, arsenal, fix, Microsoft Windows Metafile, search engine, security, Microsoft Windows, spyware, attack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, PC, e-mail

August 8, 2006 Count 'em: A dozen security updates, nine rated "critical," covering 20 holes in Windows and three in Office. TAGS: bulletin, DNS, flaw, fix, vulnerability, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., security, attack, Microsoft Internet Explorer, bug, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, e-mail, PC

September 22, 2006 Third-party fix plugs a Microsoft browser hole that's increasingly being exploited in cyberattacks. TAGS: patch, cyberattack, fix, iDefense, patch management, vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, risk, security company, security, attack, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Windows, e-mail

September 10, 2005 The patch protects against exploitation of a serious flaw by disabling the browser feature that contains the vulnerability. TAGS: Mozilla Corp., Firefox, fix, flaw, domain name, vulnerability, Web browser, security, attack, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

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