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18:12 25th January 2010
A new patch has been released by Microsoft in a bid to deal with significant security flaws in Internet Explorer.
The company has recommended users who do not have automatic-updated enabled to visit the relevant Windows update website after hackers in China used a remote-code exploit in the browser to attack Google and between 20 and 30 other big companies.
Microsoft rated the patch, which will address the issue in Internet Explorer's 5 - 8 versions, as "critical" and urged users to "apply the update immediately".
The company said the attack could be more dangerous to those operating under "administrator" rights.
In other news, online users should take extra care when setting up a password to prevent being a target of hackers, an expert has said.
"What computer users need to realise is that the hackers know the most common passwords used by the public, and so can automatically bombard an online account with hundreds if not thousands of predictable choices to see if any of them work," said virus expert Graham Cluley.
Written by Derek Oldman
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