GRC | Security Now! Notes for Episode #58 Everybody running Windows needs to do this:
Click Start, Run, and paste this:
regsvr32 -u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"
Then hit enter.
Once M$ patches this, you can run this:
regsvr32 "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"
Eric Sites, VP R&D of Sunbelt Software, says there are about 1,000 websites out there using this exploit, which allows websites to install whatever they want. And it can affect Mozilla/Firefox or IE/Outlook users.
Not everybody at once rush to the store to buy a Mac or clog up the "tubes" downloading Linux.