After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.Over the past few days, the company has re-released two security updates and issued a workaround for a Windows CryptoAPI patch that caused Microsoft’s own instant-messaging server to crash. Read the full story [IDG News Service/Robert McMillan]
After releasing its largest-ever group of security
patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
Over the past few days, the company has re-released two security updates and issued a workaround for a Windows CryptoAPI patch that caused Microsoft’s own instant-messaging server to crash. Read the full story [IDG News Service/Robert McMillan]
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