On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:59:00 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:


The US Government announced that there is a serious security flaw in the
Internet Explorer browser and has recommended that users switch to
another browser until it is patched.

Apparently IE versions 6 through 11 are affected.

The flaw allows hackers to take over all operations of your computer
including viewing files and getting any sensitive data.

Users of Windows XP are at a high risk because when the patch is
released it will not likely extend to XP.

Personally, I haven't used IE in years. I use Firefox and Chrome.

A bit more info:

Update – April 28, 2014:

In order to mitigate Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
(CVE-2014-1776), Symantec provides the following recommendations.

Microsoft states that versions of the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 4.1 and above
can mitigate this vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The toolkit is available for Windows XP users
as well.

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blog...let-loose-wild

Note: ",,,available for Windows XP users as well."