PCWorld: Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Internet Explorer
The patch is critical for almost all Internet Explorer users. The flaw it fixes allows hackers to take control of computers and run malicious code.
“A growing number of attacks against an Internet Explorer security flaw prompted Microsoft to publish an early fix that wasn’t scheduled to come out until April.
While IE 8 is safe from the under-attack flaw, which affects IE 6 and 7, today’s cumulative MS10-018 patch also closes eight other bugs. Some of the other bugs affect IE 8 as well, making this a critical patch for most every combination of Windows and IE. Only Windows Server 2003 with IE 6 or IE 8 or Windows Server 2008 with IE 8 are rated important or moderate. All other combinations are considered critical; see Microsoft’s security bulletin for details.”