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Guess what folks we have a tonne more security flaws for windows... Please update your windows ASAP!!!
See the attached warning by our government friends at ITSAFE.... Click Read more to find out
Title
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ITsafe
Warning 07-006
What is
it?
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A number
of problems in Microsoft products.
What
does it affect?
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The more
serious problems concerning software likely to be used by ITsafe users will
affect Microsoft Windows versions 2000 and XP (from Microsoft Bulletins
MS07-019, MS07-020 and MS07-021).
For
completeness Microsoft have also included in this announcement the Cursor
problem reported by ITsafe in Warning 07-005.
What
does it do?
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The more
serious of these problems could enable an attacker to gain control of your
computer.
How do I
fix it?
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Patch
your software by downloading updates from Microsoft. Patches are
available
from the Microsoft Update Web site or by activating Automatic
Updates.
For more information about updating Microsoft software see advice
on the
Website of our partners at Get Safe Online.
Details
of Specific Problem
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The
technical issues are described by the supplier and at the CVE website, and can
be found from Microsoft's Security Bulletin Summary of April 2007.
The
supplier's page also contains the URL to download the fix: please see our URL
security guide for advice on following links
Notes
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ITsafe
Warnings are issued by e-mail when significant risks have been identified that
are likely to affect the majority of ITsafe users.
ITsafe
Team
Making
IT safe for You
http://www.itsafe.gov.uk
The UK
Government Alerting and Advisory Service for Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) Security
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