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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2011

Issued: January 6, 2011

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This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on January 11, 2011.

The full version of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for January 2011 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms11-jan.mspx.

This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the January bulletin summary on January 11, 2011. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/advance.mspx.

To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications on http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/notify.mspx.

Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins on January 12, 2011, at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register for the Security Bulletin Webcast at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx.

Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. Please see the section, Other Information.

This advance notification provides a number as the bulletin identifier, because the official Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers are not issued until release. The bulletin summary that replaces this advance notification will have the proper Microsoft Security Bulletin numbers (in the MSyy-xxx format) as the bulletin identifier. The security bulletins for this month are as follows, in order of severity:

Critical Security Bulletins

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Bulletin 2

  - Affected Software:

    - Windows XP Service Pack 3

    - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2

    - Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

    - Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2

    - Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems

    - Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and

      Windows Vista Service Pack 2

    - Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and

      Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2

    - Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems and

      Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2

      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)

    - Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems and

      Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

      (Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation affected)

    - Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and

      Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2

    - Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems

    - Windows 7 for x64-based Systems

    - Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

      (Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation affected)

    - Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

    - Impact: Remote Code Execution

    - Version Number: 1.0

Important Security Bulletins

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Bulletin 1

  - Affected Software:

    - Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and

      Windows Vista Service Pack 2

    - Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1 and

      Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2

    - Impact: Remote Code Execution

    - Version Number: 1.0

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AND FOR MY FRIENDS WHO USE APPLE/MAC 

know this:

Apple surpasses Microsoft in security vulnerabilities
You probably heard Apple surpassed Microsoft as top tech dog in May. Well, here's another area where Apple beat Microsoft this year: security vulnerabilities.

In its recently released half-year report, Danish security firm Secunia found that Apple surpassed Oracle this year as the software developer with the most vulnerabilities.

Apple and Oracle were followed by Microsoft, which has held the No. 3 spot in Secunia's list since 2006. Others in the top 10 list of software vendors with most vulnerabilities were HP, Adobe Systems, IBM, VMware, Cisco, Google and the Mozilla foundation.

This is particularly interesting when you take into consideration how many new iPhones iPods and the new iPads that have been purchased this recent Christmas.

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