Don’t Cry for Help, so says Microsoft.. (Don’t Press F1 on Websites!)

Microsoft announces yet another security vulnerability. This one affects Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 users who use Internet Explorer.

On some sites a dialogue may pop up asking the user to press F1 (the commonly used help button), this then allows the machine to run code, which may open all kind of nasty vulnerabilities for hackers to use.

A patch will arrive shortly, but until then Don’t Call for Help.

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