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With Exploit Out, Microsoft Rushes IE 7 Fix

Stuart J. Johnston, PC World

Three Critical Microsoft Fixes

Microsoft issued six security updates in its monthly Patch Tuesday round for October, including three "critical" patches. First on my list for a speedy fix installation: a memory corruption error vulnerability affecting users of Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2004 for Mac.

Next up is a security hole present in Outlook Express 5.5 and 6, as well as in Windows Vista's Windows Mail.

Last on this "critical" list: a patch of Kodak Image Viewer for Windows 2000 users or people who upgraded from Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 to Windows XP. If you click a malicious link or visit a Web site with a poisoned URL (in a renegade banner ad, say), then you're in trouble.

For more details, read our discussion of this patch round.

Opera Fills Browser Holes

Opera Software has patched two highly critical security flaws in its Web browser. If exploited, they could result in the complete takeover of your PC. To plug the holes, download the latest release of Opera.

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