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images/news/microsoft.jpgAs expected, the software giant dropped four security bulletins (one was withdrawn at the last minute) with fixes for potentially serious holes in Windows, Visual Studio, Windows Services for UNIX, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.

The most serious vulnerability covered in this batch is a remote code execution issue in the way Microsoft Agent handles certain specially crafted URLs.

The bulletin (MS07-051) affects only Windows 2000. Because that version of the operating system is out of mainstream support, Microsoft only offers free patches for Windows 2000 SP4 (Service Pack 4).

Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000