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Microsoft to release four critical patches

June 7, 2007 Software giant plans to issues fixes next week for vulnerabilities in its Windows Mail, Internet Explorer and Windows XP. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Vista, patch management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., security

Critical Windows fix on the way

January 7, 2005 Next week's patches will carry a maximum rating of "critical," Microsoft says in its advance advisory notice. TAGS: patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Windows

'Critical' patches released for Windows

January 11, 2005 Microsoft releases two patches for OS, but fix for underlying IE problems is not yet ready. TAGS: patch management, Stephen Toulouse, vulnerability, patch, attacker, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Slew of Windows patches coming

October 6, 2005 Microsoft plans to release eight security alerts with fixes for Windows flaws--and at least one hole could be used for a worm attack. TAGS: security alert, patch management, alert, fix, flaw, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

Microsoft patches may break Web sites

November 3, 2005 Web sites that use certain custom applications won't display as expected in Internet Explorer after installing two Microsoft security updates. TAGS: ActiveX Control, advisory, patch management, custom application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Java application, patch, security, Microsoft Corp., Java, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

Critical fixes for Windows, Office coming

July 7, 2005 Microsoft plans to issue three security alerts next week, two for its operating system and one for its Office productivity suite. TAGS: security alert, productivity suite, fix, Microsoft Office, patch management, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

Bumper crop of Microsoft patches on the way

June 8, 2006 Expect a busy "Patch Tuesday" next week, with a dozen security bulletins covering flaws in Windows, Office and Exchange. TAGS: security update, patch management, fix, flaw, security, Microsoft Corp., software company, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

Windows patch gets its own rumor site

August 1, 2005 Windows enthusiasts tend to focus on major releases, but Ethan Allen thinks big about a secondary issue--the fixes for the major releases. TAGS: service pack, patch management, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Media Center PC, fix, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft releases 'critical' patches

February 8, 2005 The software giant announces a dozen updates, eight of which top the company's severity scale. TAGS: bulletin, service pack, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, patch management, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched

January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches. TAGS: vulnerability, bulletin, patch management, fix, Microsoft Update, attacker, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Automatic Update, flaw, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Windows, PC

Microsoft to slap patch on risky IE hole

April 6, 2006 Next week will see five security updates for Windows and Office, including a fix for a browser flaw being used in cyberattacks. TAGS: bulletin, fix, patch management, flaw, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer, ActiveX, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, security, software company, Microsoft Windows

Fixes in for critical IE, Windows flaws

June 14, 2005 Three of the 10 bulletins in Microsoft's monthly batch of patches deal with three holes that could let intruders take over a PC. TAGS: server message block, vulnerability, intruder, patch management, flaw, attacker, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows 2000, PNG, server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., security, HTML, PC

Microsoft releases Windows, Office fixes

November 11, 2003 The software giant releases three security updates for Windows and one for Office, leaving many federal system administrators with no choice but to work on a U.S. holiday. TAGS: patch management, system administrator, flaw, fix, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, U.S., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, e-mail, operating system, PC

Microsoft fixes troubled IE patch

August 24, 2006 Update to "critical" Internet Explorer patch repairs a serious security flaw introduced by the original version. TAGS: Stephen Toulouse, eEye Digital Security, security flaw, patch, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, error, flaw, patch management, Microsoft Corp., situation, Web browser, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft to release fixes for Windows flaws

September 9, 2005 On upcoming "Patch Tuesday," expect to see a security alert for serious flaws in the operating system. TAGS: security alert, flaw, fix, security, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, operating system

This week at Microsoft

June 17, 2005 Redmond will launch a beta of the next version of Windows Server this summer. The company also issues three "critical" patches. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Internet Explorer, beta, European Union, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., patch management, media player, Microsoft Windows, spyware, server, security

Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw

December 12, 2006 Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment. TAGS: SNMP, Windows Media Format, Windows Media, vulnerability, patch management, flaw, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio, fix, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word

Microsoft plugs 21 security holes

June 13, 2006 All but two of the 21 Windows, Office and Exchange flaws could let an intruder run code on a compromised computer. TAGS: Qualys Inc., bulletin, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft JScript, vulnerability, security hole, remote access, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Windows ME, information technology manager, patch management, flaw, Microsoft Windows 98, service pack, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows Media Player

Patches out for IE holes, Sony-related issue

December 13, 2005 Microsoft fixes a clutch of Internet Explorer flaws, including one already being exploited in attacks. TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Document Object Model, malicious code, vulnerability, rootkit, flaw, Symantec Corp., security, patch management, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., software company, Sony Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC

Study: Windows has fewest security holes

March 23, 2007 But it beats Red Hat and Mac OS X on number of critical flaws, according to latest threat report from Symantec. TAGS: severity, security hole, Red Hat Linux, Symantec Corp., Mozilla Web browser, vulnerability, Red Hat Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, flaw, patch management, Mozilla Corp., Linux, Apple Macintosh, security, Web browser