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Fixes for two Windows flaws coming from Microsoft
Published January 7, 2011
by SC Magazine
Microsoft's first group of updates for 2011 should be relatively insignificant.
One of the fixes is rated critical and corrects at least one vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows. The other fix has earned an "important" designation and plugs at least one flaw in Vista.
Two other publicly-known vulnerabilities will not be patched in this January grouping -- one in Internet Explorer (IE), announced in late December, and the second in the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine, disclosed earlier this week. Both vulnerabilities have been used by hackers in targeted attackes, so users should look at the steps outlined here and here to protect themselves until Microsoft provides a fix for them.
