Transportation Industry
Microsoft Issues Warnings, Fixes for OS Security Holes
Transport Topics, February, 2005 by Linn, Allison
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp, warned its users that they need three security updates, including one that applies even to computers that have downloaded the company's massive fix for the Windows XP operating system.
Two of the flaws, which carry the company's most severe threat rating, affect versions of the company's dominant operating system, going back to Windows 98. One also affects even users who have downloaded Service Pack 2, a major security upgrade for Windows XP released last summer after a series of crippling attacks on Microsoft technology.
SP2 was never expected to solve all of Microsoft's security problems, said Stephen Toulouse, a security program manager at the Redmond, Wash.-based company.
"We knew we were going to be providing updates for SP2," he...
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