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Microsoft Corporation on Thursday released a patch for its Windows operating systems to fix a major vulnerability that, security experts said, left computers over the world open to attack by hackers.

The company released the patch five days ahead of schedule. A variety of system administrators, including many in academe, had complained that computers could be attacked during the time it took for the patch to be included in a routine release of upgrades scheuled for January 10. Some computer users were so vexed by the delay that they took the unusual step of using a patch developed by an independent expert. (VNUnet.com)