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Adobe Flash Player is prone to an unspecified remote code-execution vulnerability.

New critical cross-site scripting vulnerability is found on Facebook.com.

“Windows Vista is better at protecting against malware than XP but more easily infected than Windows 2000, according to a study by Australian anti-virus firm PC Tools. [...] Recent research based on malware scans of more than 1.4m PCs running PC Tools’ ThreatFire security technology over a period of six months turned up 639 threats [...]