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Microsoft Fixes a Dozen Security Flaws

Posted on 09 August 2006

The news is that Microsoft has released at least twelve security bulletins on the 8th of August of which nine deal with critical vulnerabilities in Outlook and Powerpoint.

eWeek reports that Ten of the dozen security bulletins addressed issued by the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker include patches for its flagship Windows operating system, including the seven labeled as critical, Microsoft’s highest severity rating.

This isn’t the first set of critical patches. This is actually the third one in the past three months. Microsoft is really gearing up to combat the malwares and hackers.

eWeek further reports : Among the critical Windows flaws, Microsoft issued a cumulative bulletin for its Internet Explorer Web browser, which promises to resolve several vulnerabilities that could allow outside attackers to take over a device running the software via remote code execution attacks.

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