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<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first batch of
Fixlet messages for the August Microsoft patches has just been released. This
first batch includes 32-bit patches for:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>-
MS06-040</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>-
MS06-041</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>-
MS06-043</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006></SPAN><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT
face=Arial size=2>We have heard reports from several customers that they are
being advised to deploy MS06-040 as soon as possible because the nature of the
vulnerability makes it particularly attractive to worm authors (one security
company described this vulnerability as "juicy"). Also, there have been reports
of available </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>exploit code for MS06-040.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>The remaining set of
Fixlet messages for this month's patches (including 64-bit versions of the
patches) will be published later this evening.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=857320321-08082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>BigFix Fixlet
Team</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>