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This vulnerability seems to have a number of prerequisites in order to be exploited.

1. User must be actively surfing the web with IE 6.0 (or older maybe)

2. A ligitimate looking website must be spoofed using another IE vulnerability

3. The user must be tricked into using IE to visit the spoofed sight.

4. The user must be tricked into downloading a file using the current vulnerability.

It appears that if your users truly use nothing but Netscape, they are not vulnerable. Makes you wonder why we all don't switch, doesn't it.
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Funny Stuff  JoeMama_z | 01/28/04
So true  Richard Flude | 01/28/04
Does that work?  IT_User | 01/28/04
I think you're fairly safe...  Yen_z | 01/28/04
much safer if...  stephen732@... | 01/29/04
As M$ made IE & its OS inseparable as an anti-competitive imperative...  dicktaurus@... | 01/28/04
But wait. it gets better.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/28/04
hahahahahaha  IT-man_z | 01/28/04
opps  JWatson77 | 01/28/04
ever try denying access to the particular executable?  JoeMama_z | 01/28/04
Since I.E. is "part of windows"  Rick_K | 01/28/04
Groundhog Day...  jeutkune | 01/28/04
Yaaaawwwwwnnnn  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
uh yeah  MEMSmaker | 01/29/04
Troll, troll, troll your boat...  Bobby Sskcat | 01/29/04
Here, go check for yourself.  Yen_z | 01/30/04
How many people could be so stupid to use MS products???  DonnieBoy | 01/28/04
please  MEMSmaker | 01/29/04
?Unfixable?  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/28/04
IE can be uninstalled  Spoon Jabber | 01/28/04
but why would you?  MEMSmaker | 01/29/04
BUT..  Bobby Sskcat | 01/29/04
why wouldn't you ...  coffeenite | 01/29/04
Konqueror works nicely...  Spoon Jabber | 01/29/04
Don't bother with those sites  IT_User | 01/29/04
mozilla  Rembrandt Pussyhorse | 01/29/04
Yeah, think it's your settings  IT_User | 01/29/04
Video Problem  Yen_z | 01/30/04
Because it is valueless...  IT_User | 01/29/04
Question from a non-techie  copygod74 | 01/28/04
Unlikely  jfrankcarr | 01/28/04
not unlikely  stephen732@... | 01/29/04
Running in the background isn't surfing  jfrankcarr | 01/29/04
Answer  Mack DaNife | 01/29/04
Almost right  voska | 01/29/04
Just you  FilledOut | 01/30/04

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