Last week a serious security flaw was unveiled in Internet Explorer 6. The vulnerabiltiy was exploited using a series of JavaScript snippets and may enable a hacker access to your local machine. The code has already been implemented into a few known hacking tools and released publicly online.
The Australian and German government released security warnings and recommend that users upgrade their browsers to IE 8 or use an alternative browser such as firefox.
If your are worried about this issue then you should contact your local IT experts for further advice.
