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Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (October 11, 2011): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Media Center. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker convinces a user to...

I just bought a new desktop with Windows 7 Home Premium x64. The first thing I did was to go to Windows Update and download and install any critical updates. I then went to Control Panel/System and noticed that SP1 was not listed under the basic information on my computer. Is this normal? If SP1...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (April 27, 2011): Corrected the bulletin replacement information for all supported editions of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (April 13, 2011): Clarified the vulnerability description in the Executive Summary. Summary: This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (July 12, 2011): Announced a change to detection logic and corrected bulletin replacement information for some affected configurations. There were no changes to the security update files. See the Update FAQ for details. Summary...

Severity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.0 (August 9, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in all supported editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of...

Hello all. It has been very nearly a week since our Link Removed due to 404 Error at Black Hat. Now that everyone’s had some time to digest the basics, we’ve asked Senior Security Strategist and chief BlueHat Prize architect Katie Moussouris to stop by the Trustworthy Computing...

PC World - Patch Tuesday has arrived. As expected, Microsoft released a relatively small number of patches for July , but that is no reason for IT admins to let their guard down--especially when one of the patches is a Critical update for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Link Removed

Patch Tuesday has arrived. As expected, Microsoft released a relatively small number of patches for July, but that is no reason for IT admins to let their guard down -- especially when one of the patches is a critical update for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Link Removed

Patch Tuesday has arrived. As expected, Microsoft released a relatively small number of patches for July , but that is no reason for IT admins to let their guard down--especially when one of the patches is a Critical update for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. More...

Hello all -- Over the years we’ve often talked about exploit mitigations – DEP, ASLR, SEHOP and so forth – as effective tools for improving computer security, reducing risk, preventing attacks, and minimizing operational disruption. Today we’re releasing a user’s...

Yes, it is that time again. Time flies when you're having fun. The seventh Patch Tuesday of 2011 is next week on July 12. Microsoft predicts that we will see a meager four security bulletins next week , but don't let the small number fool you--there is a Critical security bulletin affecting...

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (June 14, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted SMB response to a...

Hello there. First off, I’d like to share some news regarding the updates we made to the Autorun feature in Security Advisory 967940, which we released in February 2011. The advisory made changes to how Autorun handles “non-shiny” media (eg., USB thumb drives). The change was...

Hello everyone, Today we are announcing changes to Microsoft’s Link Removed Since October 2008, we have used the Exploitability Index to provide customers with valuable exploitability analysis for our security bulletins, and starting Tuesday this information will become even more...

Every day I'm receiving daily "critical" updates from Microsoft. The machine is almost a year old and has always run with Windows 7 Home. This has just started happening the past week or so and I haven't changed any settings. Thoughts?

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker created a specially crafted SMB packet and sent...

Severity Rating: Critical - Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Bulletin published.Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the OpenType Compact Font Format (CFF) driver. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views content rendered in...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted SMB response to a client-initiated...

Sorry if this sounds confusing. I really need some help here. I've only had Windows 7 installed for a few weeks now, but I've already got most of my software and games installed and working. Based on some bad advice on another forum, trying to solve a problem with getting a game to run, I...