Emergency IE patch issued

Microsoft has issued an emergency patch to cover the security flaw in Internet Explorer. After security experts gave further warnings about the IE vulnerability, Microsoft engineers worked around the clock to find a solution. "We plan to release the security update [on] 17 December 2008 to address the vulnerability we’ve discussed in Microsoft Security Advisory 961051," Christopher Budd of Microsoft said yesterday. >>Security advice and help from Web User Microsoft generally only releases security fixes on the second Tuesday of every month, a day known in the industry as 'Patch Tuesday'. It is unusual for the company to release patches out-of-cycle, though not unheard of. www.microsoft.com/security Save up to £16 a year this Christmas when you subscribe to Web User!