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Once again it’s patch Tuesday. Make sure you patch your systems, to maximise their resilience to malicious code. Check out Microsoft Security Bulletins and Advisories for more information.
Also, don’t forget that today Microsoft ends support for Windows XP SP1. So if you haven’t already done so, make sure you upgrade to SP2 at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx.
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