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Titolo: Windows gets big security update

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5071656.stm
Windows gets big security update
Microsoft has decided Windows 98 is too old to continue patching
One of the biggest security updates for more than a year is being released 
by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws.
Nine of the updates apply to the Windows operating system and one is deemed 
critical, a rating reserved for the most serious security problems.
At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively 
exploited by malicious hackers.
Windows users are being urged to download the patches as soon as they become 
available on Tuesday 13 June.
Support shift
Microsoft issues its security patches on the second Tuesday of every month 
and June's update will be the biggest for more than a year.
This is because Microsoft is not only tackling security problems but also 
the fallout of a legal case that the software giant lost.
 We strongly recommend that those of you who are still running these older 
versions of Windows upgrade to a newer, more secure version, such as Windows 
XP SP2, as soon as possible
Microsoft advice
Microsoft gives advance notice of what is in its security patches to help 
companies plan how best to install the software and limit the impact on 
day-to-day business.
While most of the updates apply to Windows, two are for the Office suite of 
products and one for the Exchange e-mail server software.
One of the security problems being tackled in Office was found in 
Microsoft's Word software and the virus created to exploit it has been 
dubbed Backdoor.Ginwui. The virus and loophole were first discovered in 
mid-May.
The virus travels in an e-mail bearing a Word document that purports to 
summarise the results of a US-Asia summit.
Legal woes
Another of the updates has come about as a result of a courtroom clash 
between Microsoft and Eolas over technology in the Internet Explorer 
browser. The lawsuit ended with a $521m (£283m) judgement against Microsoft.
Microsoft had to re-engineer Internet Explorer to stop a technology known as 
ActiveX automatically starting when users visit some websites.
Before now, users could choose to apply this change to their browser, but 
this update makes it mandatory.
At the same time as information about the update was being released, 
Microsoft mentioned that it will not be able to patch Windows 98 and ME 
against a loophole discovered in April 2006.
Fixing this bug in the ageing software would require a major re-write of the 
Windows Explorer program used in these old copies of the operating system.
Microsoft is not prepared to undertake this work, given that all support for 
Windows 98 and ME ends on 11 July 2006.
On its security blog Microsoft wrote: "We strongly recommend that those of 
you who are still running these older versions of Windows upgrade to a 
newer, more secure version, such as Windows XP SP2, as soon as possible." 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5071656.stm
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One of the biggest security updates for more than a year is being released 
by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws.
Nine of the updates apply to the Windows operating system and one is deemed 
critical, a rating reserved for the most serious security problems.
At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively 
exploited by malicious hackers.
Windows users are being urged to download the patches as soon as they become 
available on Tuesday 13 June.
Support shift
Microsoft issues its security patches on the second Tuesday of every month 
and June's update will be the biggest for more than a year.
This is because Microsoft is not only tackling security problems but also 
the fallout of a legal case that the software giant lost.
Microsoft gives advance notice of what is in its security patches to help 
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