Microsoft has issued a maximum severity rating of ‘critical’ for all versions of the browser and encourages all users to deploy the update - which is a piece of specially written computer code - as soon as it becomes available.

Due to the flaw, ‘Trojan horse’ viruses can be injected into the software of millions of computers, allowing criminals to remotely access and operate them.

Hackers in China are at the centre of the cyber attack, which is the most serious in the history of Microsoft’s operating system. As many as 10,000 websites have already been compromised, according to anti-virus software producer Trend Micro.


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God, I use Internet Explorer 7 all the time. It's my default browser...