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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. released six security updates on Tuesday, five of them with the software maker's highest threat rating.
The company said the five critical updates address vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to get remote access to and take control of people's computers.
Three of the critical updates affect Windows XP, the latest version of Microsoft's operating system. A fourth affects Internet Explorer and Windows 2000, and is considered a low threat to users running Windows XP. The fifth affects Microsoft's XML Core Services, which software developers use to build certain applications.
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