Microsoft release critical security update for Windows that you MUST download

Microsoft has discovered a major flaw in Internet Explorer

WINDOWS users advised to download this Internet Explorer update immediately.

 

Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser are being warned of a critical security risk.

Microsoft has revealed that the ageing software could be vulnerable to hackers installing malware onto unsuspecting machines.

Reports suggest the security flaw can easily be exploited if the user visits a malicious website or opens specific HTML-based emails.

It works due to the way that Internet Explorer stores objects in memory, causing an error that corrupts the memory's contents.

Microsoft are so concerned about the issue as it is present in all supported versions of the browser.

 

Windows users are being urged to update their brower

The software giant has just posted a message on their security page which states: "This security update resolves a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.

"The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer.

"An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user.

"Customers whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights."

According to Microsoft's website, the security update is rated critical and all Windows users are advised to download it immediately.

Internet Explorer has now been replaced on Windows 10 with a new browser called Edge.