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Microsoft Warns Of Windows Flaw

A new flaw in the Windows operating system could let people take control of your PC

A flaw in Microsoft’s almost universally used Windows operating system could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious Web site and coaxing them into clicking on a link, the company warned on Tuesday.

The world’s largest software maker issued the warning as part of its monthly security bulletin, along with a patch to fix the problem.

The security warning was rated “important,” the second most serious on Microsoft’s four-tiered rating scale for computer security threats. The highest is “critical.”

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