{"id":28927,"date":"2012-09-21T23:32:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T21:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=28927"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:44:26","slug":"internet-explorer-a-fix-for-the-zero-day-security-flaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/internet-explorer-a-fix-for-the-zero-day-security-flaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Explorer: A fix for the Zero Day security flaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/internet-explorer-a-fix-for-the-zero-day-security-flaw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28929 alignright\" title=\"Microsoft Fix it for Internet Explorer\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/Microsoft-Fix-it-for-Internet-Explorer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>Microsoft is under a bit of fire for a security issue in <a title=\"Internet Explorer 9\" href=\"http:\/\/internet-explorer-9.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Internet Explorer 9<\/strong><\/a> (versions <a title=\"Internet Explorer 8\" href=\"http:\/\/internet-explorer-8.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ie7.en.softonic.com\/\">7<\/a> too). The vulnerability, called Zero Day, can allow other people access to install trojans and other malware on your PC.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of users are potentially affected by this vulnerability due to the widespread use of Internet Explorer versions 7, 8, and 9 worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Microsoft has released a solution to prevent possible problems related to this issue.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To prevent yourself from falling victim to the Zero Day vulnerability, you can download a <strong>free patch<\/strong> directly from Microsoft&#8217;s Fix it Solution Center.<\/p>\n<p>Download the file from <a title=\"Microsoft Fix it 50939\" href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/?linkid=9817706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28928\" title=\"Microsoft Fix it patch 50939\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/Microsoft-Fix-it-patch-50939.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/Microsoft-Fix-it-patch-50939.jpg 513w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/09\/Microsoft-Fix-it-patch-50939-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Installing the patch is simple. Make sure you&#8217;ve closed Internet Explorer first (you&#8217;ll be prompted if you haven&#8217;t), then just follow the prompts until the patch has been installed.<br \/>\nThis will ensure you can once again safely use Internet Explorer without fear of having your computer attacked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know any other tips to keep yourself safe while web browsing with Internet Explorer? Let us know in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is under a bit of fire for a security issue in Internet Explorer 9 (versions 8 and 7 too). The vulnerability, called Zero Day, can allow other people access to install trojans and other malware on your PC. Millions of users are potentially affected by this vulnerability due to the widespread use of Internet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/internet-explorer-a-fix-for-the-zero-day-security-flaw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Internet Explorer: A fix for the Zero Day security flaw&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2028,"featured_media":28928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-28927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333627,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28927\/revisions\/333627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28927"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=28927"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=28927"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=28927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}