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      Jan 28th, 10, 4:03 PM
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If you use any version of Internet Explorer to surf Twitter or other Web 2.0 sites, Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina can probably read the entire contents of your primary hard drive.


See the full article at - IE Windows vuln coughs up local files ? The Register

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      Jan 28th, 10, 5:52 PM
Wow. Just wow.
 

 
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      Feb 1st, 10, 11:28 PM
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Wow. Just wow.
That's exactly what is in my head too.
 

 
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      Feb 2nd, 10, 1:54 PM
Eek, this sounds like a scary one!
 
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      Feb 2nd, 10, 6:14 PM
A Microsoft product with massive security holes? Surely you jest!
 
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      Feb 2nd, 10, 7:57 PM
Your sarcasm made my computer scream.
 

 
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      Feb 4th, 10, 9:26 AM
Well it looks like MS have acknowledged this and a routine fix may be coming:-

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2257305/...-warns-flaw-ie
 

 
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