NOTE: The update described in this article is included in the more recent update that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: The update that is described in this article is not required if the update that is described in article 246094 is installed on your computer.

Microsoft has released an update to Internet Explorer 5.0 that addresses a potential security issue with icons from a Web site that are added to your list of Favorites. Internet Explorer 5 includes a feature that permits a Web site administrator to customize the icon used when you add a Web site to your list of favorites. The icon from the Web site could be modified by a malicious Web site administrator in such a way that it would run executable programs on your client computer. For more information about this issue, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Updates are available for the following products:

•	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 95
•	Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 98

NOTE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x and earlier versions are not affected by this issue, and this includes any version of Internet Explorer on the following platforms:

•	Microsoft Windows NT
•	Microsoft Windows 3.x
•	Macintosh
•	UNIX on Sun Solaris

This problem in resolved in Internet Explorer 5.01 and later. Microsoft recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer to resolve this problem. For additional information about how to determine the version of Internet Explorer that is installed on your computer, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about how to obtain the latest version of Internet Explorer 5.5, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about how to obtain the latest version of Internet Explorer 6, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: On December 8, 1999, Microsoft released a patch that resolves this vulnerability and several other vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 5.0. For additional information about this patch, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information about the other vulnerabilities that are resolved by this patch, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: The English version of this fix has the following file attributes or later:

   Updated file name   Size (bytes)   Date      Version 
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   Shdocvw.dll         94,6448        5/21/99   5.0.2717.2000