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Microsoft is planning to release Service Pack 1 (SP1) for its Vista operating system in the first quarter of 2008, and its beta will be available within a month. Microsoft acknowledged it postponed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because the upgrade can corrupt data in a point-of-sale software system. AVG announced yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware. Public and private proof-of-concept code has emerged for the gaping Windows hole plugged by Microsoft on Thursday in an emergency update. Safend Protector is an offering that is less of a suite of products and more of a unified application. Security researchers at Symantec have placed the blame for a variety of problems users are experiencing with Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 squarely on Microsoft. Microsoft has released what is believed to be the final update for Windows XP, the operating system prior to Vista, but still widely deployed by enterprises and consumers. Microsoft on Monday released Windows XP Service Pack 3 to manufacturing and said that it will be available for download April 29. In Unix it is important that there be multiple levels of administrator rights, and managing that with group permissions is pretty awkward. I recall wondering why there was not such a utility for Windows since, arguably, Windows has the same challenges with administrator rights in spades. Microsoft has refuted a claim made earlier this week by PC Tools that Windows 2000 is less susceptible to malware than Vista. A group of Israeli researchers claims to have discovered a serious vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system.. Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been cropping up on numerous file sharing and developer sites over the weekend. A Windows expert has blamed the silent support update that Microsoft deployed in the past two months for PCs running Windows XP with Windows Update being unable to download updates correctly. Microsoft released six patches covering 11 vulnerabilities on July's monthly Patch Tuesday, including "critical" fixes impacting Active Directory on Windows 2000 and 2003 Server and its .Net Framework products. In all, Microsoft rated eight of the 11 vulnerabilities as critical. Information security oxymoron alert: Microsoft on Tuesday released a non-security-related security bulletin to fix Windows Update issues. Symantec officially unveiled its Norton 360 security suite in Australia on Monday, one month after its worldwide launch. Software vendor relies on consumer honesty. There's been plenty of talk about the security capabilities of Windows Vista, but what's at the heart of the security defenses within Microsoft's latest operating system? This article aims to take a close look at the technology that will make a difference.