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Microsoft issues emergency security patch for million dollar Windows flaw

August 3, 2010

Microsoft issues emergency security patch for million dollar Windows flaw

USA Today, By Byron Acohido

Microsoft today rushed out an emergency patch for Windows Vista and Windows 7 PCs just eight days before its next Patch Tuesday. The software giant issues security patches on the second Tuesday of each month, and only rarely issues so-called out-of-band patches. The company has never issued an emergency patch this close to Patch Tuesday, says Jason Miller, data and security team leader at patch management firm, Shavlik Technologies.

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Microsoft issues emergency security patch for million dollar Windows flaw

Microsoft issues emergency security patch for million dollar Windows flaw
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