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[tripkill201]

So, my friend recently e-mailed me, and told me about something Norton had detected called "Exploit.HTML.IESlice.aj". He said he got it by simply visiting the home page of a forum that had only been attacked once about a year ago. He also asked me to dig up info on this.

I did find something from Symantec on it, calling it a high-risk exploit. And something from Spyware Terminator calling it a medium threat.

I can't really find any more dirt on it. Can any one else tell me something about this? Because, frankly, this is a new exploit to me. Thanks in advance, guys.
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[suzi]

Exploit.HTML.IESlice refers to malicious code on a web page that exploits a vulnerability in an Internet Explorer Active X control. It was used by criminals last fall -- 2006. Microsoft has since patched that vulerability so your friend needs to make sure he has all his Windows updates. He could also avoid this by using a different browser.

There is some information about it in this article.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2022805,00.asp

Some excerpts from the article:

[tripkill201]

Thanks suzi. This really helps.
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The stakes are immense, the task colossal, the time is short. But we may hope — we must hope — that man’s own creation, man’s own genius, will not destroy him. -Albert Einstein