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Today, an out-of-band security update from Microsoft to resolve vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Attackers were quick to develop exploits targeting these flaws, so you'll want to be equally quick to apply the needed update.

 
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Critical Update for IE Released
Microsoft has released a critical security update to address a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that attackers began targeting early last week. If you use Internet Explorer, you need to get this patch.

 
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Three Easy Ways to Break Into Windows
If your system has been crippled by malware, chances are you may not even be able to boot into Windows. Fortunately, there are three excellent options that will enable you to easily fix the problem.

 
How to Enable DEP
Data Execution Prevention, or DEP, raises an exception if it detects code loading from the default heap or stack. Since this behavior is indicative of malicious code (legitimate code does not generally load in this manner), DEP protects the browser against attacks rendered, for example, via buffer overflow and similar type vulnerabilities. Here's how to enable DEP.

 
 
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