Another blow for Internet Explorer and Windows XP, pressing the F1 key could give you a nasty infection. This current vulnerability is caught from sites that carry the code which will effectively reprograms the F1 key on your keyboard.
From the Microsoft advisory...
The vulnerability exists in the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using Internet Explorer. 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. On systems running Windows Server 2003, Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration is enabled by default, which helps to mitigate against this issue.
This problem currently effects Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 while using Internet Explorer. Windows 7 users should be safe.
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- Gina HAMS said on 04 March 2010
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