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Microsoft has detected a bug in Internet Explorer

Shery by Shery Williams

Published Mon, Apr 23rd 2018, 11:36 | Computers

As Internet Explorer got suspended by MS’s new Edge browser, still it comes with pre-installed on every Window’s PC. The reason is very simple- A lot many organizations go for the old-fashioned browser for their legacy app and this makes Microsoft keep it intact but not spending much time in its bug fixes. But sadly, Internet Explorer was found with a serious flaw which makes it vulnerable to malware attacks, as per one security alliance. As per the Researchers, the malware uses up the User Account Control (UAC) dodge attack which utilizes the file steganography which is a part of the technology of implanting a message, image, or file within another message, image or file. According to the ZDNet reports on the zero-day bug, which they are suspecting is coming from the Chinese antivirus software company named Qihoo 360 core. Microsoft Company’s research team has claimed that the bug use up MS-Office document that has vulnerability installed on it and that opens up for a web page that downloads malware.  Source :  https://office.setup-activation.com/microsoft-has-detected-a-bug-in-internet-explorer/

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Shery Williams has been writing technical articles, She loves to write on antivirus software, web browsers, operating systems like Windows, Mac and more. In all her articles, she tries to make her readers updated with the latest changes happening around the technology world.