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Prevent Attack from 979352 IE 0day Vulnerability

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Prevent Attack from 979352 IE 0day Vulnerability

Microsoft has published a Security Advisory 979352 to show that Internet Explorer/6/7/8 may be affected by the proof of concept (POC) code that bypasses Data Encryption Protection (DEP). The 979352 IE 0day vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

If you are using Internet Explorer 6 under Windows XP, you must pay attention to this 979352 IE 0day Vulnerability.

To prevent Attack from 979352 IE 0day vulnerability, you could try the following methods before Microsoft patches it.

1. Upgrade Internet Explorer

Upgrade your current IE to Internet Explorer 8 as soon as possible. Internet Explorer 8 has much resistance to this vulnerability and now download and install Internet Explorer 8. At the same time, update your Windows system frequently.

2. Enable Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

To enable DEP automatically,  download a Microsoft Fix it (KB978207) and then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard. If you want to restore the DEP status download and install this Fix it.

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3. Disable JavaScript of Internet Explorer

Open Internet Options, switch to Security tab:

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click Custom Level from the Security for this zone group.Disable Active scripting and Script of Java applets in the setting of Scripting.Prevent Attack from 979352 IE 0day Vulnerability-002

However, disabled JavaScript would influence some Web sites vastly.

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