While certain Web sites are taking advantage of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has yet to release an update that can patch exposed systems. However, in the meantime, there are manual workarounds that users can employ to protect their systems against the Qhost-1 Trojan. “You can help protect against [the Qhost-1 Trojan] by changing your settings for the Internet security zone to prompt before running ActiveX components,” Microsoft said in a recently updated version of its security bulletin.
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UPDATE: How To Patch IE Against the Qhost-1 Trojan
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 3, 2003 12:47 PMWhile certain Web sites are taking advantage of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, Microsoft has yet to release an update that can patch exposed systems. However, in the meantime, there are manual workarounds that users can employ to protect their systems against the Qhost-1 Trojan. “You can help protect against [the Qhost-1 Trojan] by changing your settings for the Internet security zone to prompt before running ActiveX components,” Microsoft said in a recently updated version of its security bulletin.