What is Microsoft Embed Fix (for Windows NT)?

fixes a potential security problem in Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT.

In depth

A closer look at Microsoft Embed Fix (for Windows NT)

It's possible for a malicious Web page could cause Internet Explorer to crash by exploiting a security hole in the HTML "EMBED" tag. It's difficult, but possible, for the page to then run code in memory on that machine.

Verdict

Should you download Microsoft Embed Fix (for Windows NT)?

Microsoft Embed Fix (for Windows NT) runs on Windows NT/2000/Windows 10/11 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 900 KB. We’ve catalogued it under Browsers.

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