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Microsoft Discloses Security Flaws in XP and WMPlayer

Posted by timothy on from the innocent-whistle dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "Salon is running a story on Microsoft's disclosure of a number of security flaws in WinXP and Windows Media Player, versions 6.4 and 7.1. The story also states that there are 2 critical vulnerabilities in Commerce Server 2000. Will I ever get the bang for my MS buck?"

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  1. Get them from... by Mwongozi · · Score: 5, Informative
    The article doesn't make clear that you should pop along to Windows Update to get you dose of patchy goodness.

    After seeing holes in OpenBSD and Apache recently, I guess it's Microsoft's turn again. ;)