Reversing a longstanding Microsoft policy, Bill Gates said on Tuesday that the company will ship an update to its browser separately from the next version of Windows.
A security company has warned that hackers can silently and remotely take over any Windows XP SP2 machine, but Microsoft has rubbished the claims.
Trend Micro apologised on Monday for distributing a faulty software update that caused IT workers around the world to spend the weekend fixing their systems.
On Monday, Adobe patched vulnerabilities in versions 8.1 and earlier of its Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. If exploited, an attacker could launch malicious code on an affected system.
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We recommend installing Windows XP SP2 but only after Microsoft has had a few weeks to work out the kinks.
While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card info.
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