Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft has been extra busy the last few days with a patch for a vulnerability that affected almost any version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer out there. The next security update by Microsoft was not to be released until the middle of January, so you know this was top priority.
It’s estimated that the number of computers that were affected by the security flaw could be in the millions.
To get the update, simply go to Start, then All Programs, then Microsoft Updates in your menu and click “Check for Updates” in the browser that opens. Many computers are set to run these updates automatically, so yours may have already done so.
After you install the patch, check your malware/spyware/antivirus program to make sure there isn’t anything left over on your computer. If you want to read on what it is Microsoft patched up, you can check out this Microsoft Knowledge Base Entry.
