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Microsoft has warned users of a vulnerability in the 64-bit versions of Wndows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that could be used to hijack systems. The bug is in Windows’ Canonical Display Driver, which blends the operating system’s primary graphics interface, dubbed Graphics Device Interface (GDI), and DirectX to compose the desktop. [ Master [...]

Microsoft has warned users of a vulnerability in the 64-bit versions of Wndows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that could be used to hijack systems. The bug is in Windows’ Canonical Display Driver, which blends the operating system’s primary graphics interface, dubbed Graphics Device Interface (GDI), and DirectX to compose the desktop. [ Master [...]

Later today, Microsoft will play it safe by patching a Windows 7 bug that it says can’t be exploited. Of the 11 security bulletins that will be released in a few hours, “Bulletin 7″ will address one or more vulnerabilities in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. [ Windows 7 is making huge [...]

Microsoft said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday, which is April 13, more than four weeks away. “We have seen speculation that Microsoft might release an update for this issue out-of-band,” said [...]

Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office Tuesday, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be automatically updated. The eight bugs patched today were far from the near-record 26 that Microsoft fixed last month when it delivered 13 security updates. Both of Tuesday’s bulletins were ranked “important,” the second-highest rating in [...]

Microsoft said it has restarted distribution of a security update that had crippled some Windows PCs last month with reboot problems and Blue Screen of Death error screens. The update, dubbed MS10-015, originally shipped on Feb. 9, but was pulled from Windows Updates’ automatic update two days later after complaints flooded Microsoft ‘s support forum [...]

Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE). In a security advisory issued late Monday, Microsoft confirmed the unpatched bug in VBScript that Polish researcher [...]

Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it’s investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE). The flaw could be used by attackers to inject malicious code onto victims’ PCs, said Maurycy Prodeus, the Polish security analyst with iSEC Security Research who revealed the vulnerability [...]

Microsoft late on Wednesday confirmed that a rootkit caused Windows PCs to crash after users applied a security patch issued last week. Only systems infected with the Alureon rootkit were incapacitated with Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors that prevented booting, said Mike Reavey, the director of the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), in an [...]

Microsoft late Thursday said it had halted distribution of a security update linked to crippled Windows XP PCs that display the notorious Blue Screen of Death. According to users who posted complaints to Microsoft’s support forum, after installing the update, one of 13 released Tuesday, their machines refuse to start up. Instead, their systems shudder [...]