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Dave Snelling & Lucy Farrell

Urgent Google Chrome warning as users urged to make vital update to browser

Google Chrome users are being urged to make a crucial update now to avoid possible cyber attacks.

The browser helps tech users browse the web, send emails and watch videos. But Google has issued a stark warning to those with older versions of the software on computers after discovering a malicious bug with a serious zero-day rating.

The term zero-day basically means that the developer has only just learned of the flaw, but is already known and being actively used by cyber crooks. By targeting the software's vulnerability, hackers could carry out common attacks like stealing important personal information.

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