Internet Explorer users have a new security flaw they need to be concerned about.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the “Zero-Day” flaw, meaning a flaw that has always been there, but only recently exposed, only requires a potential victim to visit a malicious website.  The user does not need to download anything, so in the course of their normal Web browsing, they could simply stumble into the malicious coding.  The coding installs itself on your computer and is currently used to harvest passwords for popular online games, which can then be sold on the black market.

At this time the flaw is only known to exist in Internet Explorer 7, the most popular iteration of the program, but could very well be lurking in older editions also.  At this time, Microsoft, the makers of the program, have not yet released a security patch, nor have they given any indication to one may be forthcoming.

Until such a time as a security patch is released, it is recommended that users download another browser such as Firefox, Chrome or Opera (our choices are in that order, but all are good) to use.