On July 22, March 2, Microsoft admitted that it was investigating a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer that allowed hackers to implant malware into Windows XP computers.
This vulnerability is causedDetected by maurycyprodeus, an analyst at the ISEC Security Research Center, and announced the attack.Code. Prodeus said that IE7 and IE8 users are affected by this vulnerability.
In response, jerrybryant, Senior Manager of the Microsoft Security response center, confirmed that "Microsoft is investigating the vulnerability. The result is, windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008r2 are not affected."
Bryant also said there are no signs that the vulnerability has been exploited by hackers. Due to user intervention, Microsoft rated the vulnerability as "medium", but some security experts rated it as "medium ".