Microsoft releases security update for Explorer
Source: AP-EXCITE
LOS ANGELES (AP) Microsoft is releasing a security update for Internet Explorer that closes a gap that allowed attackers to take complete control of a computer. It also issued the update to Windows XP users, despite dropping support for the older operating system last month.
The update will go live at 10 a.m. Pacific time Thursday.
Adrienne Hall, general manager of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing, said in a statement that the company decided to fix the problem quickly for all customers, saying it takes the security of its products "incredibly seriously."
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jwirr
(39,215 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)is to install a different browser.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Is to install any one of many flavors of Linux!
neffernin
(275 posts)Applying this patch all over.
Yes, I'd love to get rid of IE. Unfortunately too many parties only optimize their websites for that browser.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)I have not had a problem with either Firefox or Chrome for the last 18 months.