Two Critical Patches Released from Microsoft- Severe Status

by Wayne Porter

Microsft Security Bulletins- Severe Patches

The Windows security updates for January 2005 include several important updates for Microsoft Windows and some installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, a component of Windows. If you have any of the software listed here installed on your computer, you should visit the Windows Update Web site to install related updates.

Status: Severe Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Code Execution
Update Number 890175

Systems Affected

* Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 on Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition SP6
* Windows 2000 SP3
* Windows 2000 SP4
* Windows XP SP1
* Windows XP SP2
* Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1
* Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
* Windows Server 2003
* Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition
* Windows 98
* Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
* Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

?Status: Severe
Vulnerability in Cursor and Icon Format Handling Could Allow Remote Code Execution Update
Number 891711

Systems Affected
* Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
* Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition SP6
* Windows 2000 SP3
* Windows 2000 SP4
* Windows XP SP1
* Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1
* Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
* Windows Server 2003
* Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition
* Windows 98
* Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
* Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

Visitors should go here to get latest critical patches: http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200501_windows.mspx

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