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Acer patches notebook hole

Eliminates Active X code that could let in malware

Clive Akass, Personal Computer World 12 Jan 2007
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Acer has posted a utility that eliminates an Active X control in its notebooks that can enable a web page to launch a rogue program.

The patch, available here, first check that the offending file, LunchApp.ocx , exists in the C:\Windows\System directory and then deletes it and removes references to it from the system registry.

An Acer statement said the control is not present in systems running Vista. 


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