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Yesterday, Microsoft issued patches to correct nine vulnerabilities in the Windows operating systems and Internet Explorer as well as other software. 3 of the patches fixed security holes in Internet Explorer that could install malware onto a computer just by visiting a specially built website. Another exploit with IE can occur if someone merely views a tainted HTML message in an email preview pane.

Microsoft said the IE flaws are much less a problem on Window Server 2003 systems or with IE7, as their default settings won’t allow those flaws to activate.

Other security patches fixed a flaw in Windows “Microsoft Agent” that again could be exploited simply by visiting a site, while another corrected serious flaws in Adobe’s Macromedia Flash player that comes bundled with Windows XP.

Microsoft also patched a critical bug in their “workstation service” Windows XP and Windows 2000. This problem is more of a problem for businesses, as it’s most likely to be exploited by someone with access to a company’s internal network.

Finally, two critical flaws in “XML Core Services” and “Client Service for Netware” were corrected, but neither are automatically installed by default on Windows machines. Users can download and install the patches via Microsoft or with the company’s Automatic Update service.

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