Most major browsers, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari, were found to be vulnerable to the bug, said Mr Aboukhadijeh.

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Microsoft still does a lot of things well like SharePoint, Office, Windows 7 and they have to compete with web browsers since other products exist like Opera, Firefox and Chrome with regular releases of Internet Explorer (10).

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These include Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above, Firefox 3 and above, or Opera 7 and above. (Other browsers may work with the BBC News Player, however the BBC is unable to guarantee their compatibility).

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