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Some companies — notably Microsoft — publish much more information about problems. This is not because their products are more prone to problems: it is because these companies make more products, or make a stronger effort to fix problems and inform customers.

Some companies don't release security fixes for old but widely used products: e.g. Microsoft doesn't support Windows 98. Users are advised to upgrade to newer products, but many new products can't run on old PCs: such PCs will become increasingly vulnerable as time goes on.

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Here are recent security fixes and tools to deal with security fixes:

July 2009

June 2009

Jun 22, 2009 - Google - Chrome Browser: updated to fix bugs and a security vulnerability. [get it...].

Jun 22, 2009 - Mozilla Corporation - Camino Browser: 1.6.8 issued to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Jun 22, 2009 - Mozilla Corporation - Thunderbird Emailer / Newsreader: 2.0.0.22 issued to fix bugs and several security vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Jun 22, 2009 - Seamonkey Council - Seamonkey Browser Suite: 1.1.17 issued to fix bugs and 8 security vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Jun 11, 2009 - Mozilla Corporation - Firefox Browser: 3.0.11 issued to fix bugs and 9 security vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Adobe - Acrobat Reader 7, 8, and 9: fixes for multiple vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2007; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats; Office for Mac 2004, 2008; Office for Mac Open XML File Format Converter; Word Viewer and Word Viewer 2003: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for elevation of privilege vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for elevation of privilege vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2007; Works 8.5, 9.0: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows XP, Server 2003: fix for information disclosure vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007; Excel Viewer, Excel Viewer 2003; Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2007; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats; Office Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats; Office for Mac 2004, 2008; Office for Mac Open XML File Format Converter; Office SharePoint Server 2007: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003: fix for elevation of privilege vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Internet Explorer 5.01, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0: cummulative security updates that fix 8 new vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Jun 9, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Jun 8, 2009 - Apple - Safari: upgrade to 4.0 fixes 51 vulnerabilities. [get it...].

Jun 1, 2009 - Apple - QuickTime 7: 7.6.2 issued to fix 10 vulnerabilities. [get it...]

May 2009

May 12, 2009 - Apple - OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard): fixes for over 60 vulnerabilities. [get it...].

May 12, 2009 - Microsoft - Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2007; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats; Office for Mac 2004, 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Powerpoint 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007; Powerpoint Viewer 2003, 2007; Works 8.5, 9.0: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

April 2009

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Medium Business Edition); Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004, 2006: fix for denial of service vulnerability. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for elevation of privilege vulnerability. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Internet Explorer 5.01, 6.0, 7.0; Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: cummulative security update, including fixes for 6 new vulnerabilities. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for elevation of privilege vulnerability. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - DirectX 8.1, 9.0; Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

Apr 14, 2009 - Microsoft - Excel 2000, XP, 2003, 2007; Excel Viewer, Excel Viewer 2003; Office 2000, XP, 2003, 2007; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, Office for Mac 2004, 2008: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

March 2009

Mar 10, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008: fix for spoofing vulnerability. [get it...]

Mar 10, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for spoofing vulnerability. [get it...]

Mar 10, 2009 - Microsoft - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008: fix for remote code execution vulnerability. [get it...]

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