NoobTech Blog » Windows http://blog.noobtech.com Life, Web Development and Architecture. Mon, 31 May 2010 06:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Don’t Press F1 in Windows XP http://blog.noobtech.com/index.php/2010/03/dont-press-f1-in-windows-xp/ http://blog.noobtech.com/index.php/2010/03/dont-press-f1-in-windows-xp/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:43:22 +0000 Roberto Sebestyen http://blog.noobtech.com/?p=604 Windows XP

Apparently there is a newly discovered vulnerability in windows XP. If a website asks you to press F1 do not do this. Hackers have discovered a way to execute code on the user’s machine by feeding users malicious code disguised as a Windows help file. It affects both Internet Explorer 7 and 8.

If a malicious Web site displayed a specially crafted dialog box and a user pressed the F1 key, arbitrary code could be executed in the security context of the currently logged-on user.

iSEC Security Advisory

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