Secunia recommends users drop IE and use an alternative browser. “Although hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on securing SP2, perfection is impossible,” the security firm said in a statement.
Millions of Internet Explorer 6 users are at risk from three “extremely critical” security holes that give hackers open access to PCs running the browser — even if Windows XP Service Pack Two has been installed.
The first issue centers on the browser’s drag-and-drop capability, which does not validate new files correctly.
This means that, potentially, a document downloaded from a Web page using drag and drop may contain malicious code.
Technology News: Security: IE Plagued by ‘Extremely Critical’ Flaws
IE Plagued by ‘Extremely Critical’ Flaws
