Microsoft: Do not Press the F1 Currently Browsing

Microsoft found a weakness in software. In order to prevent this vulnerability exploited, the Redmond giant was also recommends users not to press F1 while browsing the web.
As quoted from Microsoft Security Advisory, Wednesday (3/3/2010), a weakness has been discovered in VBScript. Strictly speaking, this weakness will affect computer running Windows XP and Internet Explorer browser (IE).
This weakness could be exploited when a user presses the F1 key. Buttons are usually used to call the help function (Help menu) in Windows applications.
"If a malicious site displays the Dialog Box specially made and the user presses F1, a malicious code can run on a user's computer in accordance with the authority of the user," according to a warning from Microsoft.
Well, Microsoft offered a few ways to prevent this weakness to attack your computer:

    * Do not press F1 when prompted by a particular site
    * Turn off access to the Windows Help
    * Change the rules of the IE security to 'High' to block ActiveX
    * Set IE for giving warnings when trying to run ActiveX

Once again, this vulnerability affects computers running Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows XP operating system. User's operating system or software other browsers will not be affected.