Microsoft patches 18 security holes

With April's security updates Microsoft released patches for 18 security holes in the operating system Windows, as well as core application of the Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Messnger and the Exchange Server.

The updates, released on April, 12th, patch bugs and security holes which are said to allow attackers to gain total control of a server or desktop. All patches may be obtained through the automatic update service or through Microsoft's Webpage.

More information on the individual bugs are given by an article of the German IT-Publisher heise.de and on the Microsoft homepage.

More Information: heise.de, Microsoft

Updates: http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200504_windows.mspx, http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200504_office.mspx, http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200504_msnmessenger.mspx, http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200504_exchange.mspx