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Flurry of Security Patches
yggy writes "It's been a hectic day on the security patching front. Microsoft's bulletins for July include patches for three critical vulnerabilities on the same day that Mozilla releases new security updates for Firefox and Thunderbird. Not to be left behind, Apple fixed two Tiger flaws while Oracle issued a critical database server update." (See these separate stories on today's release of Firefox 1.0.5 and the 10.4.2 update from Apple, too.)
The company also updated its Windows Malicious Software Removal tool to add detections for variants of Wootbot, Optix, Optixpro, Hacty (also known as YYTHAC), and Prustiu (also known as Delf.FN). ... and to reflect its intent to buy Claria, distributor of malicious software like Dashbar and Gator, by removing the detections for their products.