Security pros provide interim IE patch

The Zeroday Emergency Response Team has created a fix for a recently discovered Internet Explorer flaw. Rather then waiting for Microsoft to release an official fix, the group of security professionals has created a third-party fix themselves.

"Certain members of the group feel that the risk associated with this vulnerability is so great that they can't wait for a patch. Some users might agree with that and apply this patch," ZERT spokesman Randy Abrams said Friday. Abrams is director of technical education at security company ESET and volunteers with ZERT.