The vulnerability allows an attacker to install the remote control of computers with the vulnerability, if the user of the PC has gone to one of the sites with this malicious code using nedorabotku said.
According to the latest anti-virus software manufacturer Trend Micro Inc., The number of such sites is 10000. Of course, not all sites created by hackers - most of these resources is quite "legitimate" resource, which was then broken hacker who have added malicious code.
What's interesting - most of these sites are located in the Chinese segment of the network, and involved the theft of passwords for different games, that is not a particular threat. However, experts fear that malicious software can be used with more serious purposes - for example, the theft of credit card codes, social insurance numbers and other personal information.
Because the browser from Microsoft is installed on the vast quantity of personal computers, the current vulnerability of Internet Explorer is a serious risk to users. And no one can guarantee that the vulnerability will be resolved shortly.