Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows security flaw
|
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned users of its Windows operating system of a "critical" security flaw in its software that could allow attackers to take complete control of a computer.
The world's largest software maker issued a patch to fix the problem as part of its monthly security bulletin. The problem mainly affects the Windows operating system and Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser.
Computer security experts and Microsoft urged users to download and install the patch available at http://www.microsoft.com/security.
Microsoft said the vulnerability exists in its Internet Explorer Web browser, which an attacker could exploit to take over a PC by running software code after luring users to malicious Web pages.
|
|
Full Story |
This topic does not have any threads posted yet!
You cannot post until you login.
