{"id":24004,"date":"2014-05-01T15:45:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T20:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=24004"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:20:19","slug":"windows-releases-internet-explorer-security-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/24004-windows-releases-internet-explorer-security-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer Security Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While we\u2019re primarily Mac people here at OWC,\u00a0we recognize that there are millions of Windows users out there (including Mac users who use\u00a0Parallels<\/a>\u00a0to run Windows on their Mac or\u00a0use Boot Camp to run it directly) and what\u2019s good for one of us is good for all. So we\u00a0wanted to pass along some useful security info for our Windows friends.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, last week Microsoft announced\u00a0it had found a serious security flaw<\/a>\u00a0in Internet Explorer that created vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers. This particular vulnerability is in all versions of Internet Explorer from 6 through 11, and is serious enough that\u00a0Homeland Security has even recommended against usage of IE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Microsoft began\u00a0rolling out a fix\u00a0this afternoon, which will apply to Windows XP users as well \u2013 despite their decision to end support for the OS early last month. If you do not have automatic\u00a0updates turned on, Microsoft recommends that you immediately begin the update by clicking the \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d button on the Windows Update portion of your Control Panel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While we\u2019re primarily Mac people here at OWC,\u00a0we recognize that there are millions of Windows users out there (including Mac users who use\u00a0Parallels\u00a0to run Windows on their Mac or\u00a0use Boot Camp to run it directly) and what\u2019s good for one of us is good for all. So we\u00a0wanted to pass along some useful security info […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":13844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"class_list":["post-24004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"\nWindows Releases Security Update<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Windows addressed a serious security flaw in Internet Explore with an update\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/24004-windows-releases-internet-explorer-security-update\/\" \/>\n<meta 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