As of the 12th January, Microsoft have ended support for all but the most recent version of Internet Explorer. This means that the older versions will cease to be updated, and will therefore quickly become susceptible to attack.
As of the 12th January, Microsoft have ended support for all but the most recent version of Internet Explorer. This means that the older versions will cease to be updated, and will therefore quickly become susceptible to attack.
As we have previously reported, Windows 10 is being offered as a free upgrade (for a year) to most users of Windows 7 and 8.
The latest version of Microsoft Office is now available to download for Windows, with the Mac version having already been available for a few weeks.
Yesterday, we reported that a bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer would never be patched for Windows XP users. However, in an unexpected move, Microsoft has now pushed out a fix for this vulnerability to all machines - including those running Windows XP.
Microsoft have recently warned that there is a critical bug in all versions of Internet Explorer. This bug allows a malicious website to be constructed that enables an attacker to take control of any machine that visits it - assuming that user is logged in as the machine admin. As this is often the default setup of a Windows machine, this places many users at risk.