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    • g7w on Fri 19 Mar 2010
    • 07:53:22 PM UTC

    IE users - do not press F1 key

    Microsoft has published a security advisory on not using F1 when browsing the web. “… a malicious Web site displayed a specially crafted dialog box and a user pressed the F1 key, arbitrary code could be executed in the security context of the currently logged-on user.”
    Published: March 01, 2010

    Affected Software

    Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

    Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2

    Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2

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    • Jazspeak on Fri 19 Mar 2010
    • 08:24:04 PM UTC

    Thanks for the heads-up

    Does this F1 problem only apply to IE or are other browsers affected?