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Vista benefits from Patch Tuesday
12 April 2007 in Security & Windows Update | Comments (0)

In it’s first Patch Tuesday since February, Microsoft have fixed 1 critical bug in Windows Vista, as well as re-releasing the Animated Cursor fix from April 3rd.

The fix for Vista relates to another Remote Code Execution vulnerability, this time in CSRSS - a low level messaging function in Vista.

To find out more, please see the details on Microsoft Technet.

You can download the updates manually, or through Windows Update.

Vista Security Update (KB925902)
9 April 2007 in Security & Windows Update | Comments (0)

A few days ago, Microsoft released a security update for various versions of Windows, including Vista.

According to the Risk Analysis Matrix for this update, there is 1 Critical and 2 Important updates for Vista. The critical one fixes a vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursors, allowing them to be used to execute remote code, which could (and is) being exploited to gain access to PCs.

There’s some information about the security update on Microsoft Technet, and you can view the Risk Analysis Matrix here.

If you’re running any version of Windows (including Vista) make sure you run Windows Update and get this patch installed, pronto!

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