Eric Romang, a security research institution, issued a statement saying that Microsoft Internet Explorer has exposed a serious security problem and has been exploited by hackers to attack users. Therefore, we recommend that you use other browsers for the moment, wait for Microsoft to solve the problem.
Romang pointed out that hackers could bypass Windows's ASLR (address space layout randomization) protection mechanism to access all files on the computer that the user has accessed. Computer security vendor Rapid7 also confirmed this vulnerability. IE7, IE8, and IE9 on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 systems are all affected.
Microsoft also responded: "We have learned the situation and some versions of Internet Explorer have become potential targets ...... IE10 is not affected by this problem. We recommend that consumers deploy Microsoft EMET 3.0 (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) to effectively protect the Web browsing Experience without affecting it. We will continue to investigate the problem and provide further measures as soon as possible ."