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Vista Security Held Firm Under Attack
Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Microsoft Corp.’s Vista operating system took some of its first punches when a dangerous vulnerability was disclosed earlier this 
month, but the OS held strong, a security analyst said Tuesday. At least two exploits were targeted at Vista, trying to circumvent a new security feature designed to thwart malicious software attacks, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for F-Secure Corp. at the InfoSecurity Europe in London on Tuesday.
Microsoft issued an out-of-cycle patch for the vulnerability, which occurred in how Windows processed ".ani" or animated cursor files, which allow Web sites to replace the regular cursor with cartoonish alternatives. PC World - Vista Security Held Firm Under Attack
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