A serious threat has been exposed to all users of internet explorer, the most popular browser in the world currently.

According to Trend Micro, as many as 10,000 sites have been compromised since last week to exploit the flaw.

Microsoft has currently only detected attacks against version 7 of internet explorer, but they warned that other version could also be vulnerable

The flaw allows people to be tricked into visiting websites coded with a malicious program which can then steal passwords from the victim’s computer.

Microsoft has said that it would consider releasing a emergency patch for the flaw.