Microsoft will rush out an emergency fix for its Internet Explorer (IE) software after the discovery of a flaw which allows hackers to take over PCs. Microsoft Scrambles To Fix Flaw The company says a patch for the web browser will be released today - rather than wait for its regular security update next month. The flaw was discovered last week and attacks were "spreading like wildfire", according to software security firm Trend Micro. "When the patch is released people should run, not walk, to get it installed," said Trend Micro researcher Paul Ferguson. "This vulnerability is being actively exploited by cyber-criminals and getting worse every day." The security breach allows hackers to gain access to PCs by directing people to infected websites. Internet security experts say the flaw is dangerous because nothing has to be downloaded for computers to be taken advantage of. Teams of IT engineers have been working around the clock to deliver a fix for the defect. Trend Micro believes as many as 10,000 sites have already been compromised to take advantage of the flaw. John Curran, head of Microsoft's Windows commercial business group in the UK, said: "Obviously when you are talking about a customer base of over one billion people, any amount of vulnerability is too much and any type of infection is going to see a large number of people affected by it." He added the flaw was primarily being exploited in China. Concerned users should click here for the latest advice from Microsoft. WHO ON EARTH USES INTERNET EXPLORER!!!!!!! UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET HACKED!!!!!!
tell me about it, i know i always say this but i reckon its just noob and parents who use it, actually my parents dont use IE cus i deleted the shortcut so only firfox is available.-devil
^ lmfao i did the exact same thing to my mothers computer and removed it from it from the start menu... i only use IE for one thing and that is my school's email..... cause outlook isn't supported as well on FF....
^ lol i think that's what we all do too bad stupid government sites and shit still use IE capable apps only..
it really does...?!...-unsure.... i use it sometimes wor....but i guess only when sites dun open on foxy.... but i never knew IE was so dangerous.... whut happens if you have to buy things online and ya have to use IE...?!..so you shouldn't...?..-huh
^ i never buy stuff on IE, i watch my Emmerdale cathups on the ITV website and it only works properly with IE so i use it for that but nothing else. i wouldnt have mentioned that but as your from the uk i guess youll know what emmerdale is. Just try to avoid using IE when you make transactions online.
oh dear!....seriously you watch emmerdale..?...emmerdale farm..!?.. thas like an old lady soap.....hahahahaha....:kekekegay:
apparently, even if you don't use IE, your pc can be attacked. but for those who are still using IE Microsoft released a patch already: http://arstechnica.com/journals/micro.../17/microsoft-patches-serious-ie-flaw Download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...-ba57-635435a7ef2d&DisplayLang=en
