numReasonsToAvoidMS++;  // buffer overflow!

Information Week is reporting that a flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer contributed to the recent Google cyber-attack, ostensibly by Chinese sources.

Don’t worry, though… the IE flaw only affects IE 6, 7, 8 on Windows XP,  2000, Vista, Win 7 or Win Server 2003 or 2008.

Oh wait, isn’t that the entire M$ product line?

Update: The BBC is reporting M$ admits to IE’s flaw being used as an attack vector.