Microsoft fixes a big flaw in all versions of Windows

Once a month, Microsoft delivers its Patch Tuesday, a set of patches for Windows. While most updates usually pass totally unnoticed, there is one this month that deserves more attention. One of the patches actually fills a major flaw potentially affects all Windows users, regardless of the installed version.

In reality, the vulnerability in question concerns not really Windows itself, but Internet Explorer. It affects all versions of the browser, from the 7 to the 11. However, since the browser is préembarqué with the OS, although the bug concerns all editions of Windows (Vista, Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10) . Available via the bulletin MS15-106, this correction is applied to fill a serious flaw that could potentially exploit a malicious hacker: the vulnerability would allow it to remotely execute code on any machine running Windows. If computers running one of the Windows Server versions are also concerned, however, Microsoft claims that the risks are limited on these machines. However, nothing has been planned for Windows XP, Microsoft has abandoned any support on since April 2014.

To dispose of the correction in question, simply run an update via Windows Update. Note finally that the flaw to Internet Explorer, but not the new Microsoft Edge for Windows 10, which was completely rewritten.