PITTSBURGH ? US CERT has issued a security alert warning an attacker may be able to take control of your PC, or make it crash, through a security breach in Internet Explorer.

US CERT at Carnegie Mellon University warned there is a vulnerability in the way Internet Explorer processes certain HTML code. But if the correct Microsoft patch is applied, the security problem can be fixed.

The problem is in Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP3, Windows 2000 SP4, or Windows XP SP1

Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a; Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Service Edition SP6; Windows 98; Windows 98 SE; or Windows Me

To get the patch, click on

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