A weakness has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing attacks.
Please use the test below to see an example of how this vulnerability can be exploited, and also to determine whether or not your browser is vulnerable.
The test will try to open a popup with a spoofed address bar of "http://www.microsoft.com/".
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Result
You are vulnerable, if a new popup-window is opened and content from Secunia is displayed while the address bar still says "http://www.microsoft.com/".
You are not vulnerable to this particular exploit, if you do not experience the above behaviour.
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