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Joris Evers Microsoft may offer an Internet Explorer security update before its next official Patch Tuesday.
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The software giant has been scooping up companies in the security field, but analysts wonder what it all adds up to.
A security bug in Winamp is being exploited by miscreants to install spyware on machines running the media player software, experts have warned.
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