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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Opera releases fix for 'highly severe' flaw

By Carrie-Ann Skinner December 18, 2008

Opera has released a security fix for seven flaws in its web browser, Opera 9.6. Opera follows in the footsteps of Microsoft and Mozilla, which have released security updates for Internet Explorer and Firefox, this week. Opera says the fix, which only applies to machines running Windows, covers two flaws categorised as 'extremely severe' and three listed as 'highly severe'. The 'extremely severe' flaws could allow a hacker to take control of a PC while those rated as 'highly severe' leave PCs open to attack if users open websites hosting malicious software.

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Like I always said before I'll say again. --No such thing as an Online safe browser - Only safe browser is one that doesnt get used on the internet.

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