Microsoft has made the latest version of Vista's SP1 release candidate available for download to the general public -- after initially restricting it to 15,000 beta testers when it first debuted earlier last week.
Microsoft has been criticised for automatically uploading and installing files to user PCs even if they had specifically been set to not auto-install patches.
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Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
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Apple Computer on Tuesday in the US released an update for its Mac OS X that repairs several security flaws and includes feature updates.
McAfee, without realising it, has fixed a serious flaw in its popular product for managing security software, the security vendor said on Friday.
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