Microsoft Corp. released a patch Wednesday to fix 10 newly discovered security flaws in its Web server software, the most serious of which could let a hacker take over someone else's server. The flaws affect the last three versions of Microsoft's Internet Information Server and Internet Information Services software, which are run on millions of computers worldwide. Weaknesses in the same Microsoft software allowed the Code Red and Nimda worms to spread across the Internet last year. The most recent flaws, discovered by Microsoft and several security experts, will not generally affect home computers. The latest vulnerabilities were discovered as Microsoft undergoes an intensive companywide campaign to stamp out security problems, an effort ordered by chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates.
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