Microsoft Update
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Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched
News Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools
Microsoft delivers new patching tools
News More than a year behind schedule, the company launches Microsoft Update service and a companion patching tool for businesses.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003
Windows NT update carries bug
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Tips to make your apps more secure
Techguide Find out what Microsoft's security chief says, developers need to do better to make their applications more secure.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Security Management, Data security, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Training, Microsoft Windows Vista, Developer, operating system
Microsoft to fix critical hole in IE
News Microsoft said it would be releasing security updates this week for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer and a moderate vulnerability in Visual Studio.
Tags: Web browsers, Software, Security, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Update, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Software, security bulletin, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft's free antimalware beta to arrive next week
News Free antimalware service, which is replacing Microsoft's subscription-based suite, will be available for public beta on Tuesday.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Antivirus software, Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Mobile, Antivirus Software, antivirus, Beta, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft patch leaves ZoneAlarm users in the dark
News A patch for a DNS flaw has left some users of Check Point's ZoneAlarm product experiencing a loss of Internet connectivity.
Tags: Security, ZoneAlarm, Microsoft Corp., software company, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., software, DNS, researcher, Internet, Microsoft Windows Update
Microsoft fixes delivery of IE patch
News Microsoft has fixed a glitch in the delivery of a critical IE patch, which had prevented people from installing it from the company's Download Center Web site.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft tests new patch program
News Software maker launches beta of Microsoft Update, a new tool that allows automatic downloads of changes to Windows and more.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Windows, Office to get 'critical' fixes
News Microsoft plans to issue patches to deal with at least two high-risk flaws as part of its regular monthly security updates.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft withdraws Windows Mobile update
News An update allowing smartphone users to read Office 2007 documents has been pulled from Microsoft's Web site hours after posting.
Tags: Applications and tools
Microsoft fixes Excel math bug
News After discovering a bug two weeks ago, the software maker said the spreadsheet is once again ready to resume its spot at the head of the class.
Tags: Microsoft Office
Microsoft: Patches now flowing automatically
News Software giant fixes networking issues that forced people to use manual downloads to get critical patches.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Microsoft Windows
Mystery of Microsoft's automatic updates
News The software maker is investigating why some Windows machines were apparently updated and forced to reboot without their owners' consent.
Windows NT update carries bug
News A software update for Microsoft's corporate-use operating system introduced a bug that could potentially cripple Lotus Notes unless companies compromise network security.
