Techno-News Blog

September 26, 2012

Microsoft Urges Users to Patch Internet Explorer Flaw

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:20 am

By: Robert J. Mullins, eWeek

Microsoft is urging users of its Internet Explorer Web browser to download a temporary patch to prevent hackers from possibly taking control of their PCs. The company posted a security advisory late in the day Sept. 17 advising users to download the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) if their browser is Internet Explorer versions 6 through 9. IE 10, which will be included in the coming Windows 8 operating system, is not affected. Microsoft provides step-by-step instructions on how to download the tool and deploy it. However, a Reuters news report quotes some computer security experts as saying that the patch might be too difficult for the average computer user to configure and that an easier alternative is to simply download another browser such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Opera Software’s Opera browser.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Urges-Users-to-Patch-Internet-Explorer-Flaw-777448/?kc=rss

Share on Facebook

No Comments

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.

Powered by WordPress