Internet Exploder Sucks

But, because everyone fucking uses it, go patch that shit up.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212500756&subSection=Vulnerabilities+and+threats

a visit to windowsupdate.microsoft.com should suffice.

Mac/Linux users are allowed to feel smug at this time. Those of us who use Mozilla are also allowed to feel smug, but patch anyways, because some fuckers' sites don't work with it.

Further Bug News

From flemco: Confirmed - a major Keenspot advertiser has been compromised with the Mult.ai exploit. This effects ALL browsers that emulate MS IE. I (flemco) was hit with Opera running.

If you think you may have it, go to your windows\system32 dir and see if there's a prog called ~.exe
Kill it.
Kill your background processes that have anything to do with Acrobat Reader.
And turn off ALL content in your browser that isn't bare text for now.

Obviously, you probably want to update/patch Acrobat while you're doing the Windows two-step...

(no subject)

[from flemco]
Update regarding exploits
Adsdaq (one of the bigger internet ad service companies) was compromised and has been serving up Zero Day Exploits all day.

Long story short: Update your browser and OS asap. The Zero Day exploits are flying fast and furious today, and it's only going to get worse from here.

Also: you might want to uninstall Adobe Reader for now.

I cast "Magic Missile."