By Aled Herbert, 16 May 2002 09:00
NEWS Microsoft has released a massive bug fix to patch six new holes in its Internet Explorer browser.
Three of the flaws are described as "critical".
One bug occurs during cross-site scripting - when a browser sends information in a link to another browser. The flaw could give a malicious hacker access to a user's computer. The bug affects IE 6.0 only.
The other two flaws can compromise data held on a PC's hard drive. However, a hacker would need to know the exact names of files to access them.
The patch also includes a number of fixes for bugs in older versions of IE.
The patch can be downloaded from the Microsoft technical support site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/
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