Be certain that all security patches have been implemented on your laptop or tablet.
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Keep your operating system and programs up-to-date with the latest security patches, and run a firewall.
Relatively few users are thought to be suffering from the clash between IE and the security patches.
If you must use Java, make sure that you have downloaded the latest updates, which include key security patches.
Security is a no-brainer, says Google, since it installs security patches to the Chrome browser quickly and behind the scenes.
Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), with its numerous security patches on already-released products, should be listening.
Oracle typically issues security patches for Java every quarter but it tore up the usual schedule because the bugs were being increasingly abused.
"Commonly available cyber defences such as firewalls, antivirus and automatic updates for security patches can reduce risk, but they're not enough, " wrote Mr Charney.
Microsoft said it would be re-issuing one of the security patches because, in certain circumstances, it can cause the Internet Explorer browser to crash.
On 8 August Microsoft released a bumper collection of security patches for 23 separate flaws in Windows and programs in the Office software suite.
These new suites still receive security patches, as they always have, and can only be installed on one machine and upgrades require installing whole new versions.
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At the time, selling software to large companies was sometimes likened to drug dealing, because once a firm installed a piece of software, it had to pay a stream of licence fees for upgrades, security patches and technical support.
Security flaws that already have available patches may not seem like a serious problem.
On Thursday, Oracle released an update for its ubiquitous Java plugin that patches a serious set of security issues, ones that allowed cybercriminals to install malware through invisible downloads when users visited rigged websites.
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But the Army's Jonathan Broskey stands by his claims of Apple's security: He says the high number of patches to Apple software is a good sign--evidence of the large community of developers actively working to tighten Unix programs and eliminate bugs.
Patches have already started to appear from security firms including one from the newly created Zeroday Emergency Response Team (Zert).
This loose coalition of security researchers aims to produce fixes for bugs for which there are no official patches.
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