Critical Internet Explorer Update

Patch Internet Explorer now! Microsoft’s latest security update for Internet Explorer has been out for a few days now and I haven’t seen any reports of unexpected/undesirable effects. consequently, this is one you should install promptly.

Here’s the babble from Microsoft on Security Update MS10-018:

“Security Update MS10-018 resolves nine privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

“The more severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using IE6 or IE7, and does not affect users of IE8. We highly recommend customers to promptly install this update to help protect against these vulnerabilities, and upgrade to IE8 to benefit from significant security enhancements as well as reliability and performance improvements.”

Click here for full details of the Update
Or here to go straight to Microsoft Update

Better Advice Still:

Always keep Internet Explorer patched and up-to-date (whether you use it as a browser or not), but use Firefox as your day-to-day browser. Firefox is free, safer and much more useful all-round.

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