Windows 7 gets its first critical update to fix Internet Explorer 8 security issue.

Windows 7 is out on the public hands just for few days now and it has already got a critical update. The cumulative patch is mostly to fix a security issue with Internet Explorer 8 that shipped with Windows 7.

According to Microsoft,

This security update resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. Firefox users who are running the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in and do not have it disabled should also apply this security update.

More information regarding this important Windows 7 update can be found here.