Microsoft rushes to release patch to fix web browser flaw
On Wednesday, Microsoft has released a fix for an Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser May vulnerability of the pirate attacks on millions of computers.
The Security Update for IE, named MS08-078 resolves a vulnerability publicly announced that "could be remote code execution, if a user is a special website with Internet Explorer, the software giant has in a statement. The vulnerability could be the attacker control over the computer and steal passwords and credit card information. Written in a company blog, Mike Reavey, director of the Microsoft Security Response Center, urged participants to test and deploy security update "as soon as possible." Microsoft says that the update for IE is currently on all versions of Windows. Users can now download to their laptops or Microsoft Update site. Experts in the field of security by Microsoft earlier estimated that about 0.2 percent of IE users around the world has been exposed to May rose to Web sites, the benefits of recent vulnerability, which means that millions of users are in danger that their computers infected. The latest statistics from the firm Net Applications shows that even in the IE browser market with a share of almost 70 percent. |
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