Every tuesday, Microsoft posts new 'security patches' to its own software. Why do you still use Micosoft? Because thats whats put on your desk?SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) on Tuesday warned of eight "critical" security flaws in its Windows operating system and Office software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.
Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world's computers, issued patches to fix the problems as part of its monthly security bulletin. It was the biggest such update since February 2005.
The company issued a total of 12 patches that address 21 security holes and cover problems in its Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, Powerpoint and Exchange Server products, security experts said.
"The significance of this large number of patches lies in the fact that 19 of them are remote code executions," said Amol Sarwate, manager of the Vulnerability Research Lab at Qualys.
The world's biggest software maker defines a flaw as "critical" when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine.
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i wish it was that simple...but i dont trust apple anymore eitherencyclomedia wrote:Microsoft warns of 8 "critical" security flaws
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