Homeland Security warns: Patch your Windows now!

MICROSOFT rolled out a series of patches late Tuesday night for Windows XP, but the US Department of Homeland Security has warned that one bug patch should be implemented immediately.

Homeland Security said security patch MS06-040 will fix a critical patch that could allow other people to take over computers.

The vulnerability, it said, "could impact government systems, private industry and critical infrastructure, as well as individual and home users."

The patch in question is here. µ