This article was provided by our good friend, Brad Patten of Bitwits, Inc. (www.bitwits.com)

Microsoft has just released a patch for Internet Explorer to fix a recently discovered and very dangerous security flaw that could allow hackers to install viruses and malware on computers that visit a malicious or infected website. The vulnerability is in all versions of Internet Explorer: 5.0,  6.0,  7.0 - even beta releases of 8.0.

Here is a good summary of the issue:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/17/microsoft-patches-serious-ie-flaw

We recommend that all of our clients install this patch immediately by going to  http://update.microsoft.com/ and following the prompts to download and install any security updates.

That Microsoft has released outside of its once-a-month update program indicates the seriousness of this flaw. There have already been reports of thousands of hackers attempting to exploit this flaw.

Bitwits will be available to install the update for any users requiring assistance or wanting us to install the patch on all office computers and servers.

Please send any requests for help to our new ticketing system at bwsupport@bitwits.com

Thank you,

Brad Patten

BitWits LLC

5025 N. Central Avenue, #650 

Phoenix, AZ  85012-1520

Phone: 602.674.0840

Fax: 602.530.5657

www.bitwits.com