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MS Patches Vista Bug That Survived Beta

April 12, 2007 by Jason

Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the second stage of its April security updates by releasing five security bulletins that patched eight vulnerabilities — including one that was missed during the company’s Windows Vista beta testing and ended up in the final version of the new operating system.

Of the four updates that addressed bugs in Windows, the MS07-021 update was clearly the one to patch pronto, said researchers. “This is my first [to patch] choice,” said Amol Sarwate, manager of Qualys Inc.’s research lab. “It affects everyone,” agreed Minoo Hamilton, senior security researcher with patch management vendor nCircle Network Security Inc. Read More»