MS Ships 'Killbit' Workaround for IE Security Hole

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited July 2005 in Science & Tech
One week after confirming a code execution flaw in its flagship Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft has shipped a registry key update or 'Killbit' to disable the affected control, javaprxy.dll.

View: Microsoft Security Bulletin
In addition to the killbit package, which will be part of a future security bulletin, Microsoft is also recommending that users set Internet and local intranet security zone settings to "High" before running ActiveX controls in these zones.
Source: Eweek
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