After it was revealed that Microsoft’s browser Internet Explorer had a serious security fault last week, Microsoft yesterday released a patch for the fault.
The security flaw, which has hit an estimated 2 million Windows users and up to 10,000 websites; allowed hackers to take over users computers by sending them to infected websites. Called the ‘Zero Day’ exploit, once a computer was infected, the downloaded programs could record keystrokes and steal passwords, credit card details and other information.
 In a statement released by Microsoft, it said that it “encourages all IE customers to test and deploy this update as soon as possible”. The new patch is said to consist of more than 300 updates, for six different versions of Internet Explorer in over 50 languages.
Windows users who have automatic updates turned on will receive the security patch over the next few days, or can download it directly from the Microsoft website.
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