Microsoft has issued a high-priority security update to fix a pair of “critical” flaws that expose Windows users to remote code execution attacks. The software giant’s first batch of patches for 2008 includes a fix for at least two vulnerabilities in TCP/IP processing. The bugs, rated critical for all supported versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista, could be exploited by remote attackers to “take complete control of an affected system,” Microsoft warned in its MS08-001 bulletin.
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Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that Windows Vista sales topped 100 million before the 2007 holiday season when an extra flood of buyers purchased personal computers. The world’s largest software maker announced passing the threshold during Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ keynote speech at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
One-third of enterprises will start company-wide roll-outs of Windows Vista in 2008 as Microsoft begins to phase out support for Windows XP, analyst firm Forrester has predicted. Many businesses have been reluctant to deploy the new operating system until it has proved its stability and because of a relative lack of compatible applications.
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