Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Google fixes search loophole

Google has strengthened its Desktop Search tool so that it cannot be used any longer by hackers who are exploiting <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20051205/tc_nf/39898">an unpatched vulnerability</A> in Microsoft's Internet Explorer software. Google has made a correction to its Desktop Search service so that it cannot be used any longer in conjunction with the remote attack. Because Microsoft and Google compete for desktop search capabilities, said MacDonald, the negative publicity was not good for Google. But, rather than take a black eye for what fundamentally is a problem with Internet Explorer, Google has fixed the problem directly.

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