Microsoft has released the latest security update for Windows XP announced. The update, that Tuesday appears, close other vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 to the operating system. Also Office 2003 will have the latest patches.
Tuesday appears to be the last security update for Windows XP. Users that the operating system will still run, are then no longer protected against new vulnerabilities in the software. In its announcement of the patch, Microsoft describes the update for Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 as ‘criticism’. Through the leak is code on the vulnerable system remotely to carry out. In addition, there is a patch that is as “important” is indicated. Details gives Microsoft yet about the leaks, to prevent the abuse takes place before the patches are out.
The patch applies to virtually all versions of Internet Explorer, even in Windows Vista, 7, 8.1, RT and RT 8.1 run. Only Windows 8 seems to be striking enough except. In addition, Office 2003 latest patch. This should be a critical hole in Word gaps. Again it is a leak that also new versions of Office will find. There will also be a patch for Windows Server 2003.
Completely stop the support for Windows XP, Microsoft does not yet; fees apply for extended support, Microsoft custom support calls, as possible. This provides Microsoft, however, only if organizations are already in a transition sit. Many public administrations worldwide, also in the Netherlands, use this option to make the time they still need for a transition to the bridge. Microsoft tries to include XP-service points in retail electronics stores people to move to switch, but many users seem to reside here. According to the latest statistics from Net Applications runs almost 28 percent of the systems worldwide are still running Windows XP.