Windows XP users warned over F1 key
Ignore sites that nag to press the Help key
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld US
Microsoft has warned Windows XP users not to press the F1 key when prompted by a website, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE).
In a security advisory issued on Monday, Microsoft confirmed the unpatched bug in VBScript that Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus had revealed on Friday, offered more information on the flaw and provided some advice on how to protect PCs until a patch shipped
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