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Updated on 2025-04-13

Several major measures to remediate the latest security vulnerabilities in IE


Recently, another serious security vulnerability has appeared in IE browser. Malicious users can use HTML email messages or malicious web pages to control the computer system. Since the code that exploits the vulnerability has been published on the Internet, the vulnerability is currently at high risk. IE may experience buffer overflow when handling the two properties of "frame" and "iframe" HTML elements, and the newly discovered IE vulnerability takes advantage of this. Users may be attacked when using a vulnerable IE version to access malicious web pages or view HTML emails using software that relies on WebBrowser ActiveX controls, such as Outlook, Outlook Express, AOL, and Lotus Notes. At present, this vulnerability does not exist in systems with Windows XP SP2 installed. Even if all patches are installed in Windows XP SP1 and Windows 2000 are installed, the IE 6.0 browser they carry still exists. Microsoft has not released any relevant security patches yet. Suggestions for this vulnerability 1. Users using Windows XP, install Windows XP SP2.
2. System administrators can also disable active scripting to prevent access to non-active links.
3. Use plain text in emails, which can also reduce some of the risks.
4. Be vigilant when browsing web pages. Do not enter unknown websites casually. Once you find that the IE browser loses response, immediately terminate the IE process, disconnect the network and find problems.
5. Update the antivirus software in a timely manner and activate the "real-time monitoring" function. Specific methods to set active scripts in IE5.0 or IE6.0 First, determine the version of your IE browser. You can select the About Internet Explore item from the Help menu. After clicking, a dialog box will pop up. The information of the browser IE includes the version number of the browser IE.