Microsoft Corp. warned users of three new security flaws in its software on Wednesday, including one critical defect that could be exploited to allow a hacker to gain control of a computer running its Windows operating system software. Those warnings took the total of such security bulletins issued by Microsoft this year to 30. The tally shows the company arguably has made slow progress in meeting its goal of making its software more secure, about half a year after making that a top priority. Microsoft released 60 security bulletins for all of 2001, David Gardner, security program manager for Microsoft's Security Response Center, said on Thursday. "The long-term goal is to get these down as low as we possibly can," he said. "It's a journey, not a destination."
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