TrendMicro online scanner vulnerability

Posted by Vic Laurie
December 22, 2008

If you are one of those who likes to use online malware scanners, be aware that a problem has been found in the TrendMicro service. PC World reports:

A bug in Trend Micro Inc.’s free online virus scanning service can be used by hackers to hijack Windows PCs running Internet Explorer, security researchers warned.

Attackers able to dupe users into visiting a malicious Web page could exploit a vulnerability in the custom ActiveX control that Trend Micro distributes to users of its free HouseCall service, said Danish bug tracker Secunia in an alert posted Sunday.

The Secunia bulletin is at this link. Once more, a vulnerability involves ActiveX and Internet Explorer.

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