Patch Patch Patch ..... PC users are being urged to apply software patches that close "critical" vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Since coming to light in late March, the flaws have proved very popular with malicious hackers keen to steal confidential data from PCs. Hackers have created hundreds of web pages that use the bug to take over vulnerable computers. Microsoft resisted calls to release patches early but other security firms produced software to protect users. Malicious websites The most serious of the four loopholes being closed by the Microsoft patches is known as the CreateTextRange bug and is one that has been labelled "critical", the highest level. The vulnerabilities addressed in Tuesday's security update for Windows came to light in quick succession towards the end of March. The CreateTextRange bug occurs in Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser and potentially hands over control of a vulnerable computer to an attacker if a specially crafted web page is visited.................. **************** ***************************** Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 77 972255 +256 71 221141 Fax: +256 31 262122 ***************************************************************** |
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