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Email

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Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On November 10, 2009, Microsoft published six Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can exploit some of these issues through email. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November

Web Activities

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RISK

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Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On November 10, 2009, Microsoft published six Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can exploit some of these issues through malicious sites. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November

Instant Messaging

MEDIUM
RISK

Use Extra Caution

Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On November 10, 2009, Microsoft published six Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can exploit some of these issues via instant-messaging applications. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November

File Sharing

MEDIUM
RISK

Use Extra Caution

Microsoft releases fixes for security issues
On November 10, 2009, Microsoft published six Security Bulletins for vulnerabilities in various products. Attackers can exploit some of these issues via file-sharing applications. Apply the updates immediately. >Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November

How They Attack

Threats today have become more complicated. They tend to use multiple vectors to spread, thus increasing their chances of infection. Once on the system, these threats tend to show little to no symptoms so they can survive undetected.


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