Tobiasly’s Blog

Earlier this week, Microsoft released their monthly security updates for Internet Explorer (IE). As usual, this update is deemed "Critical", which means that it fixes bugs in IE which could lead to a remote attacker taking control of your computer.

How critical are these bugs? Well, one of them is so bad that an attacker can take over your computer using a simple JPEG image. For the less technically inclined, let me put it this way: someone can hide a virus, spyware, or some other nasty critter into an image on a website in such a way that simply viewing the website can let them take control of your computer.

I’ve posted several times before why you should immediately switch from using IE to Mozilla Firefox instead. In case you haven’t made the switch yet, read the rest of this article to find out why you should be very concerned.

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