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Latest MSN Messenger Worm Can Hijack System Info
A new Internet worm is squirming through Microsoft Corp.’s popular MSN Messenger chat network, anti-virus vendors warned on Thursday. The latest threat comes follows October’s…
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Oracle Patch Fixes 23 ‘Critical’ Vulnerabilities
Oracle Corp. late Tuesday issued a “critical patch update” to address 23 security holes in its database and application server products. The patches were released…
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Microsoft Reverses Plan, Will Patch Media Player
Microsoft will patch its Windows Media Player after all. One week after saying it had no plans to change the way WMP (Windows Media Player)…
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Microsoft: No Plans to Tweak DRM Download Mechanism
Microsoft Corp. says it has no plans to change the way its Windows Media Player handles the download of DRM licenses. Amid reports that malicious…
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Microsoft Turns to External Patch Testers
Looking to improve—and possibly speed up—the creation and release of software security patches, Microsoft Corp. is implementing a closed beta program for external testing teams.…
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Microsoft Patch Day Lacks an IE Fix
Microsoft has released a fix for a critical hole in the HTML Help ActiveX control in Windows, but a well-known vulnerability in the Internet Explorer…
