BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft rushes out Windows fix

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft rushes out Windows fix: "The severity of a recently discovered bug in Windows has made Microsoft release a patch for the loophole early.

Originally Microsoft was due to release the patch on 10 January as part of its regular monthly security updates.

But the number of malicious hackers preparing to exploit the bug has led the software giant to speed up the release.

Before Microsoft produced its patch, users had been relying on unofficial fixes to protect themselves."