A software update for Intel wireless hardware is faulty and can hog PC memory, Intel has acknowledged with a fix due today.

The problem affects the Intel PROSet software version 10.5, Amy Martin, an Intel spokeswoman, said. The PROSet software accompanies Intel's drivers that run the company's wireless hardware on PCs.

"One of the processes used by the Intel PROSet software was not releasing the (file) handles correctly, which caused more and more memory to be used by the process," Martin said. As a result, a PC slows down, she said.

Intel has made a fix available to PC makers and plans to post it to the Intel Web site today, Martin said.

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