Have you protected your MS Windows computer yet?

Microsoft warns of critical flaw in Windows

Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday a "critical" flaw in most versions of its flagship Windows operating system could allow hackers to break into personal computers and snoop on sensitive data. Although no computers were reported to have been compromised, the world's largest software maker warned that Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 were at risk. Microsoft announced the flaw in its monthly security bulletin.

Full article at itmatters

Argh. A lot of surfers use Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 6. Installing patches every so often is necessary but can be quite tiring.

Maybe I'll try the Firefox browser:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
[ First posted on 02/12/2004 by Manuel Viloria ]