Security researchers are both criticising and empathising with Microsoft for the 200 days the company needed to create its latest critical software patch.
A security coalition has published draft guidelines for issuing bug alerts, a bid to temper a hot debate over when and how alerts should be released.
Microsoft has sent several letters to people known to have posted Windows source code on the Internet, warning them to stop offering the files and erase any copies.
Microsoft has a message for Windows users: Patch your computers quickly.
Investigations continued Friday into how source code for Microsoft's Windows operating system made its way onto the Internet.
A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VoIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
Microsoft will work with law enforcement to track down writers of worms, viruses and other malicious code, and is ponying up US$5 million to fund the search.
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