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A 15-year-old flaw in every version of Windows right from XP to Windows 10 allows a malicious attacker to take control of a system through the anti-virus software running on the system.

The New Zealand PC market has cooled in the first part of this year after strong growth in computer sales in 2014.

Microsoft is preparing to release seven security bulletins this week, covering all supported versions of Windows, plus Microsoft Office and Silverlight.

Check Point's ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013 delivers unusually broad functionality for a free product.

Check Point's ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013 delivers unusually broad functionality for a free product.

This month Microsoft released six bulletins on Patch Tuesday, addressing a total of 11 vulnerabilities. Four of the bulletins are rated critical, so break out any remaining Easter eggs to cheer you up while you get patching.

Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Protocol that could allow remote code execution. This issue calls for urgent attention, with a security expert describing it as a worm vector.

What better Valentine's Day gift could there be for a systems administrator than a bouquet of nine long-stemmed Microsoft security patches?

The first Patch Tuesday for 2012 brings seven bulletins from Microsoft. One was held over from December, and only one of the seven is regarded as being critical.

This month's security bulletins from Microsoft include one in an unusual category: 'security feature bypass'.

Microsoft is preparing a scheme to automatically push the latest version of Internet Explorer to users' systems. This can be seen as Microsoft following in Google's footsteps, as part of the thinking behind Chrome was to ensure people stay on the current version.

Microsoft's Christmas stocking of security patches isn't quite as well stuffed as we were led to expect. Nevertheless, 19 vulnerabilities have been addressed.

Worldwide use of Windows 7 has finally passed that of Windows XP, according to one web tracking company.

This month's Patch Tuesday saw Microsoft release eight bulletins addressing 23 vulnerabilities. If you run a still-supported version of Windows, there's a patch for you this month.

Patch Tuesday will soon be with us again, and for October Microsoft is cooking up something for most Windows users and administrators. The scoreline is Critical 2, Important 6.

After a relatively quiet July, Microsoft plans to release a dozen security bulletins on August's Patch Tuesday.

The new financial year kicks off with just four security bulletins from Microsoft. Only one of them is rated critical.

17 security bulletins have been scheduled for release by Microsoft next week. That will be one of the biggest releases ever, and while it equals the number issued in December 2010 the proportion of critical bulletins is much higher this month.

Firefox 4 isn't just being downloaded faster than Internet Explorer 9, it's being used more. Figures from a web analytics company gives Mozilla's new browser more than twice the share of IE9.

Microsoft this week issued a dozen security bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Internet Information Service and Internet Explorer. The company also released a so-called non-security update that has everything to do with security.