Hackers have discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. So far, up to 10,000 sites have been compromised by the security breach. So far, hackers have used mainly the fault of stealing game passwords, but it could also allow criminals to take control of people's computers and steal their passwords. Microsoft has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said the flaw exists in all versions of Internet Explorer, which is used by the vast majority of users of the computer world. Microsoft is working on a patch to fix the problem, but in the meantime, experts recommend that users of Internet Explorer to switch to another browser. Other browsers, including Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera are not vulnerable to this vulnerability.
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