Microsoft released security patches on IE

Shortly after the zero-day security flaw in IE caused many users to face the danger, Microsoft just released a patch to fix the problem. In addition, Microsoft also released a new Flash update on IE 10 (browser on Windows 8) to ensure web browsing safety for users.

Not long ago, a security hole in IE was discovered by security. Accordingly, users only need to access a website containing the code that exploits the error with IE, malicious files will automatically be downloaded and infected, providing remote control of the entire system for crimes Network violation with Poison Ivy tool.

Microsoft seems to be aware of the seriousness of the problem and has quickly begun to fix it. The day before, they released a security tool called Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, or EMET, to help users avoid the risk of hackers taking advantage. And today, the complete patch has been released to completely overcome this vulnerability.

This is the first time in 2 years, a zero-day vulnerability appears on IE. And this move also showed that Microsoft was the first to actively launch a patch. Andrew Storms, director of security for nCircle, welcomed Microsoft's quick work, but he also said that Microsoft quickly began to fix security bugs, besides protecting users, because Microsoft didn't want to. lost more customers on Chrome or Firefox hands. IE market share tends to decline before competition from Google and Mozilla. " Many security experts, after discovering an error in IE, have advised users to switch Chrome and Firefox, and this may have made Microsoft feel that it could not be delayed in fixing the same bug as before. " This family member said.

In addition to patches for IE 7, 8 and 9 users, Microsoft also released a new Flash update for Internet Explorer 10 that was also complained not long ago. This update is available for both Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit, as well as for Windows Server 2012. In previous operating systems (and IE versions), Flash is a separate application and updated by Adobe. patches. However, in IE 10 on Windows 8, Flash is embedded directly into the browser, so Flash updates will come with operating system updates released by Microsoft.

This causes many shortcomings. Adobe releases patches for Flash but IE 10 users will have to wait more time to receive this update from Microsoft.