Microsoft “Fix it” available to mitigate Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability

Microsoft “Fix it” available to mitigate Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability

Today, we are making available a “Microsoft Fix it” solution to block attacks leveraging the Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) vulnerability described in Security Advisory 2847140. This code-signed, easily downloadable and install-able Fix it package uses the Windows application compatibility toolkit to make a small change at runtime to mshtml.dll every time IE is loaded.