• Just What Color Is a Security Hole? Patch critical flaws in a color manager and IE. Plus: Opera, Office fixes.
• Firefox 3 Breaks Records, Then Itself Plus: Opera hits a sour note, and zero-days strike Word 2002 and Access.
• Ward Off an Ongoing PDF Zero-Day Attack Plus: Close holes in IE and DirectX, and stop the Safari 'carpet bomb' bug.
• Microsoft's Jet Engine Sputters Plus: Fix an XP SP3 crash and holes in Adobe Reader, Word, and more.
• Install Windows XP SP3 Right Plus: Step on Vista and IE bugs; block QuickTime and Flash Player risks.
• Hackers Focus Efforts on Firefox, Safari Internet Explorer goes unscathed, but Office is hit with new, dangerous bugs.
• Vista Service Pack 1: 573 Fixes in Limbo Plus: Patch IE, update Reader and Skype, and crush Yahoo Jukebox bugs.
• Rogue Packets Stalk Windows Vista, XP Plus: Firefox rushes plug-in patch; how to lock down your digital picture frame.
• Vista's Growing Popularity Draws Hackers' Malice December's Patch Tuesday finds Vista in bad guys' sights. Plus: Get Office 2007 SP1, get your fix for Flash, and avoid an HP laptop disaster.
• Plug a Windows XP Copy Protection Hole Plus: Fix Firefox stability problems, and snag Apple's Mac OS X megapatch.
• With Exploit Out, Microsoft Rushes IE 7 Fix Using Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP PCs remains risky. Plus: Grab Microsoft's Office and mail fixes, and beware of PDF attachments.
• Bumper Crop of Instant Messaging Bugs Plus: A new vulnerability in Windows XP, and Excel has trouble with math.
• Microsoft Plugs a Gallery of Critical Holes Also: Vista improvements that are unavailable via Automatic Updates.
• New Attack Gets at Firefox Through IE Plus: iPhone's Safari problem, and a slew of critical Microsoft patches.
• Web Attack Kit Makes IE Patches Crucial Plus: Close holes in Windows XP 2000, and in Windows Server 2003.
• Microsoft Glitches Hamper Critical Fixes Crucial patches for IE and Office hit snags; a fix for a Norton security hole.
• Microsoft Plugs Critical Vista Hole Plus: Vista corrupts iPods, Yahoo Messenger creates Internet Explorer risk.
• Critical Attack Slams IE 6 and 7, Outlook Plus: An IE 7 phishing risk, QuickTime holes, and Vista compatibility updates.
• Microsoft Security Programs Create Risk Plus: Fixes for Internet Explorer and Office, and changes to Windows support.
• Critical IE Graphics Flaw Resurfaces Plus: More Office holes, and a major Adobe problem that affects all browsers.

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