Microsoft Bares Internet Explorer Weakness Targeted By Hackers

San Francisco, CA, United States (AHN) – Microsoft announced Tuesday that a flaw in two versions of its web browser has allowed hackers to take over computers.

The Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 flaws enabled hackers to remotely control computers running on the Windows operating system, according to the software giant. Microsoft did not issue an update to patch the hole, but advised PC users to “disable scripting in the browser window and enable the data execution prevention feature in Internet Explorer.”

The vulnerability was discovered two months after a similar weakness was found in IE 6 that enabled alleged Chinese hackers to attack Google and other firms. Microsoft fixed the flaw by releasing an emergency update to the web browser.

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