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Advisory - IT Admins: Apply the Microsoft Internet Explorer Patch ASAP
Microsoft published Microsoft Security Advisory (961051) on Dec. 10, 2008, detailing a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could allow arbitrary Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability in IE5, IE6, IE7 and IE8 Beta allows an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. During the week of Dec 15-18, NSS Labs conducted a series of tests of popular endpoint protection products to evaluate their ability to protect clients from exploits targeting the IE vulnerability; specifically during the interim time until the patch can be tested and deployed in enterprise environments. Tested products include:
Read the test report and recommendations for enterprises by requesting the report here:
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