Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Update patch management program has a critical shortcoming that in some cases could fool users into thinking their systems are properly patched against some vulnerabilities when in fact they are not.
That warning comes from Russ Cooper, moderator of the popular NTBugtraq mailing list and an analyst at Reston, Va.-based TruSecure Corp. But Stephen Toulouse, a security program manager at Microsoft, strongly disagreed with Cooper's claim about Windows Update, calling it unfounded.
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