Microsoft has decided Windows 98 is too old to continue patching
One of the biggest security updates for more than a year is being released by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws.
Nine of the updates apply to the Windows operating system and one is deemed critical, a rating reserved for the most serious security problems.
At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers.
Windows users are being urged to download the patches as soon as they become available on Tuesday 13 June.
full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5071656.stm
One of the biggest security updates for more than a year is being released by Microsoft to fix 12 software flaws.
Nine of the updates apply to the Windows operating system and one is deemed critical, a rating reserved for the most serious security problems.
At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers.
Windows users are being urged to download the patches as soon as they become available on Tuesday 13 June.
full story: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5071656.stm