This post comes from a mix of two articles dealing with security while browsing the Web. In simple terms, if you are using IE on any version (5 - then the chances of your computer getting hacked with malware, exploits, viruses etc, are far greater than someone using a good browser like our favorite: Firefox.

The article explains us that: “The vulnerability poses a special danger since the ActiveX control is digitally signed by Microsoft, which means that people who have Internet Explorer configured to trust ActiveX controls with that designation would run it automatically if encountered on a Web page.

Some of the Web pages that have already been hacked with automated SQL injection attacks earlier this year are also hosting the Microsoft Access attack, according to Symantec’s Sean Hittel.”

And yes, it is Symantec who is explaining the problem and yes, July patches are out so IE users will have to wait or disable their ActiveX control in order to be safer.