Unpatched Microsoft browser hole a gold mine for hackers

A long-ignored security hole in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer (IE) is proving to be a gold mine for hackers, providing an easy way for them to plant malicious programs on vulnerable machines through hacker Web sites and instant messaging applications, security experts warn.

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