cybergal
August 20th, 2005, 15:42
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. was working Friday to come up with a fix for a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser that could let hackers gain remote access to computer systems through malicious Web sites.
A patch was not immediately available, though security experts played down the risk.
"If the user doesn't browse a malicious Web site, then the user isn't even under attack," said Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technology officer at Qualys Inc., a security company based in Redwood Shores, Calif.
LINK (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050820/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security;_ylt=Ar.M9rXdEQlieqTc.bywQqCs0N UE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg-)
A patch was not immediately available, though security experts played down the risk.
"If the user doesn't browse a malicious Web site, then the user isn't even under attack," said Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief technology officer at Qualys Inc., a security company based in Redwood Shores, Calif.
LINK (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050820/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_security;_ylt=Ar.M9rXdEQlieqTc.bywQqCs0N UE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg-)