Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Déjà Vu: Third Parties Providing IE Patches

Ryan Naraine writes on eWeek:

Two well-respected Internet security companies have shipped unofficial patches for a critical flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser a full two weeks before the software maker's scheduled release of a comprehensive update.

With a wave of zero day attacks underway, eEye Digital Security and Determina offered separate hotfixes to provide temporary protection for IE users, but experts warn that the third-party patches carry a "buyer beware" tag.

More here.

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