Microsoft has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a potentially serious configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
With the ink barely dry on Microsoft's acquisition of antispyware company Giant Company Software questions have arisen about the ownership of the antispyware code Microsoft bought.
The mass-mailing worm promises naked photos of Playboy models, but experts warn that it drops a backdoor capable of terminating the processes of anti-virus applications.