[zeugma]

stop using Internet Explorer until Microsoft can fix it

IE has been a virus magnet for years. You could stop have the malware out there just by getting rid of IE and Outlook

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Turn off flash

You could stop have the malware out there just by getting rid of IE and Outlook

I never used outlook, dumped IE long ago, and recently figured out that flashplayer was just mucking things up, so I killed that too.

[rarestia]

You could stop have the malware out there just by getting rid of IE and Outlook

Unfortunately it's not that simple. IE is used for rendering any HTML content on a Windows machine. The kernel of IE is used in any window you open to browse your computer, for instance.

Note that this vulnerability is an exploit that can be leveraged if you go to a vulnerable site. Do not open any strange emails or click on pop-up windows, and you'll generally be okay. Your best bet would be to use a browser that utilizes its own execution environment such as Firefox or Chrome, as you can be assured that neither one of them is using Windows kernel hooks to render HTML content.

FWIW, disabling Flash will not fix this issue. It's a code exploit in the IE framework, not an extension vulnerability.