Microsoft issued a security patch at 1 p.m. ET Thursday to fix a serious bug in Internet Explorer, the company said in a blog post.
Customers who have automatic updates enabled won't need to take any action, but Microsoft encouraged users without that service "to apply this update as quickly as possible."
Microsoft also decided to issue a fix for Windows XP users, even though the company dropped support of that operating system earlier this month.
The patch comes just a few days after security company FireEye revealed the flaw -- which affected Internet Explorer versions 6 through 11-- in a post on last Friday.
Microsoft followed up with its own "security advisory" on Saturday, in which the company warned hackers had already used the flaw to launch "limited, targeted attacks."
Read more here: NBC News
Customers who have automatic updates enabled won't need to take any action, but Microsoft encouraged users without that service "to apply this update as quickly as possible."
Microsoft also decided to issue a fix for Windows XP users, even though the company dropped support of that operating system earlier this month.
The patch comes just a few days after security company FireEye revealed the flaw -- which affected Internet Explorer versions 6 through 11-- in a post on last Friday.
Microsoft followed up with its own "security advisory" on Saturday, in which the company warned hackers had already used the flaw to launch "limited, targeted attacks."
Read more here: NBC News
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