IEIMPORTANT INFORMATION: US-CERT and UK security agencies warn users to stop using Internet Explorer because of the severity in this security hole that has been used in “limited, targeted attacks”.

United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team released an alert on April 28, 2014 regarding vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.  Internet Explorer versions 6 through 11 are susceptible to be victims of attacks to exploit the Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#22292

Microsoft Security Advisory 2963983

Workarounds:

Basic protection includes the installation of Anti-malware software, enabling a Firewall and applying all Windows/Microsoft updates.  In addition to basic protection, we recommend taking extra preventative steps listed below.  It is not necessary to apply all of the following workarounds, apply one to help protect your system and data.

Enable Enhanced Protection Mode

    1. Open IE 10 or IE 11.
    2. Click the Tools menu and select Internet Options.
    3. In the Internet Options window, click the Advanced tab.
    4. Scroll down the list of options until you see the Security section, click the checkbox to Enable Enhanced Protected Mode.  For IE 11 in a 64-bit version of Windows, you also need to click the checkbox to “Enable 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protected Mode”.
    5. Restart IE to force the new settings.

Change Access Control List and unregister VGX.DLL:

32-Bit Systems:

      1. Open elevated Command Prompt (Run as Administrator)
      2. Run the following command:
        “%SystemRoot%\System32\regsvr32.exe” -u “%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll”
      3. Click OK to close Dialog Box confirming un-registration has succeeded.

64-Bit Systems:

      1. Open elevated Command Prompt (Run as Administrator)
      2. Run the following command(s) separately:
        “%SystemRoot%\System32\regsvr32.exe” -u “%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll” “%SystemRoot%\System32\regsvr32.exe” -u “%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll”
      3. Click OK to close Dialog Box confirming un-registration has succeeded.

Windows XP and all other users.

For all user(s) that cannot follow recommendations from Microsoft are urged to use a different web browser.  For secure download(s) of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, please follow the links provided.

For assistance with Changing IE Settings or Install a new Browser

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