Internet Explorer flaw could send your phone bill soaring [View All]

[UpInArms]

http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3732

Innocent Web users are being landed with huge phone bills, as hackers exploit a security hole in Internet Explorer and connect their computers to expensive $5-per-minute porn lines.

The attack works by sending computer users to sites that change a computer's dial-up settings, connecting it to expensive long distance telephone numbers instead of the user's ISP.

Hackers are also exploiting the security hole to hijack AOL Instant Messenger accounts, changing passwords and sending a user's 'buddies' to malicious Web pages.

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gack!!! sure am glad that I don't use IE - it really is a dreadful program and should be shot and killed and flushed down the toilet.