Saturday, October 17, 2009

MS Plug-in Puts Firefox Users At Risk

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From ComputerWorld Security:

MS Plug-in Puts Firefox Users

At Risk



They Don't Just Screw-Up their

Own Browsers, you know..


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Link:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139459/Sneaky_Microsoft_plug_in_puts_Firefox_users_at_risk

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"While the vulnerability is in an IE component, there is an attack vector for Firefox users as well," admitted

Microsoft engineers in a post to the company's Security Research & Defense blog on Tuesday. "The reason is

that .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installs a 'Windows Presentation Foundation' plug-in in Firefox."

From The ComputerWorld Article...

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Let's Go To the

Bright SIDE of TECH NEWS


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70 Free Useful Portable Applications

You Should Know


Portable APPS are applications you can run from a USB Flash Drive

WITHOUT Installing...


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Wingman, signing Out.

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