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Microsoft: Check patches now
Monday, 28 June 2004 10:36 ESTMicrosoft has acknowledged that Internet Information Server (IIS), a component of the Windows 2000 Server, and holes in the Internet Explorer web browser are being used in widespread attacks that are compromising web pages and using them as launching pads for malicious computer code. The company has urged customers to apply the latest security patches for both IIS and the Internet Explorer web browser and increase the security settings on the browser. In an unusual move, Microsoft noted that users that are running its unreleased Windows XP Service Pack 2 operating system are protected.
The warnings from the company came as anti-virus and computer security experts said that an organised gang of Russian hackers were behind the attacks and were using the security holes in a coordinated, global attack to steal sensitive personal and financial information from customers of leading banking and e-commerce websites.
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