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Three critical security flaws in Windows now have fixes

On April 13, 2006, 6:08 PM EST

As regards this Tuesday's Microsoft patch day, warnings were issued concerning newly found "critical" security flaws in Windows. The flaws could be used to allow attackers to take control of a computer. As always, we recommend updating your Windows installation with all patches available.

One of the critical vulnerabilities appears in some versions of Internet Explorer that could make it possible for an attacker to use the Web browser to take total control of a PC.

The other two "critical" vulnerabilities were in the Windows operating system.

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nathanskywalker on April 14, 2006 2:45 PM	More flaws in windows? NO WAY! YA DON"T SAY! Reply
Duck on April 15, 2006 3:55 PM	Yes this is hardly news. Lets all just assume there are critical security flaws in windows, and you let us know when they have all been fixed lol Reply

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