Description: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Outlook Express and Windows Mail. The vulnerability could allow information disclosure if a user visits a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. This security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the MHTML protocol handler in Windows so that it securely handles MHTML URLs in redirection scenarios. Keep reading →

Microsoft posted the Security Bulletin Advance Notification for August 2008 today. In all, seven security updates are being released that affect the Windows Operating System, with five of them affecting Windows Vista. Three are ‘Important’, the other two ‘Critical’. Expect updates for the following issues on Tuesday, August 12th: Keep reading →

Microsoft works to help make computing as secure as possible for our customers. As part of this effort, monthly updates are provided for the Microsoft Windows Mail Junk E-mail and Phishing Filter. These updates keep Microsoft Windows Mail up-to-date about which e-mail messages should be considered junk e-mail, and about which messages may contain phishing content.

Description: Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system using Windows Mail. You can help protect your system by installing this update from Microsoft. Keep reading →

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2007 has been released, and Vista is in line for three updates this coming Tuesday. Windows Mail and Internet Explorer are each affected, as is Windows itself. Keep reading →

On a computer that is running Windows Vista, some messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail. You cannot send or delete these messages. Additionally, every time that you close Windows Mail, you are prompted that there are unsent messages in your Outbox.

You don’t see this too often. Microsoft today released a security update (KB929123) for Windows Mail that fixes a remote execution vulnerability. They also released a Knowledge Base article explaining what to do if your Windows Mail doesn’t work right after installing the update. A fix for a fix? Keep reading →

Next Tuesday will bring three security updates for Vista. One is for the OS itself, and two for applications that come preinstalled with Vista. Here’s what you can expect, according to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advanced Notification for June 2007:

• A patch for an ‘information disclosure’ issue that is rated as moderate for Windows Vista.
• A patch for a ‘remote code ‘execution’ issue that is rated as critical for Internet Explorer 7.
• A patch for a ‘remote code ‘execution’ issue that is rated as critical for Windows Mail, which is being dumped in favor of the new Windows Live Mail.

When you wake a Windows Vista-based computer from sleep or when you restart the computer, you may receive a message that resembles the following:

Windows Mail can compact the message store. This may take up to a few minutes.

If you click Cancel, the message reappears the next time that you wake the computer or the next time that you restart the computer. This message occurs if the computer has the Windows Mail gadget for Windows SideShow enabled for one or more SideShow-compatible devices. This message occurs even though you are not using Windows Mail as the default mail program.

Note: This is the expected behavior when you are running Windows Mail.

Google’s webmail strategy can be described in one word: Gmail. Yahoo’s can be described in two words: Yahoo Mail. Both companies started and continue with the same name, address, and overall good service. Enter Microsoft. Their strategy can’t be described in one or two words, though they’d now like to try with three: Windows Live Hotmail. We’ll need a paragraph summarize what that means. Keep reading →