[Steve]

Just days after Microsoft patched the last Critical flaw, yet another 'Extremely Critical' flaw in the Internet
Explorer browser has been notified by security researchers; this time it's the ActiveX component that's at risk - ActiveX enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program and are typically used to add user interface functions, such as 3D toolbars, a notepad, calculator or even a spreadsheet.

As of now, there's no advisory from Microsoft about the issue, and we would advise that you use an alternative browser such as Firefox or Opera for routine web browsing.

If you wish to try out Firefox with the google toolbar (our preferred browser) we have links to it from our homepage (left handside column, square button)