Windows XP users on red alert over Internet Explorer bug

December 24th, 2010, No Comments

COMPUTER users are under threat from a software flaw similar to one that hit government systems two years ago.
The weakness in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser would allow hackers to take control of a PC through a booby-trapped web page.
Most vulnerable are Windows XP users.
Rik Ferguson, senior security analyst at Trend Micro, said: “The attacker can [...]