Malicious hackers have found another security hole in the Windows operating system and if they can lure you to their web sites, they can sneak viruses, spyware and other harmful code onto your computer.

All they have to do is get you to click on a link in an e-mail that sends you to a site with tainted picture files.

"If you're using Internet Explorer and that web site has one of these bad images on it," explains PC World magazine's Erik Larkin, "it can automatically download malicious programs onto your computer."

Hackers can also use the flaw to attack your computer via pictures in an e-mail attachment.

Microsoft has just released a patch to fix this security hole. You can download it from the Microsoft website.

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