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Microsoft on Thursday announced it will to push out eight fixes next week, including five for flaws graded critical, as part of its monthly patch cycle.

Microsoft on Wednesday released the Beta 1 version of Internet Explorer 8, which the company says is configured to protect against phishing attacks and malware.

Security researchers have uncovered a pair of vulnerabilities in VMware software, virtualization technology used to run multiple versions of an operating system on a single computer. One flaw affects a server version of the software, the other is found in desktop software.

An error in the way in which the Firefox and Opera browsers handle image files could allow an attacker to export a user's web history or crash the Firefox browser, a Polish researcher and US-CERT have warned.

Firefox 3 Beta 3, released this week by Mozilla, purports to deliver a host of security enhancements to the popular open-source browser, including fixes for stability, performance, memory usage, platform enhancements and user-interface improvements.

Microsoft on Tuesday released 11 patches fixing 17 vulnerabilities - six of them "critical" - but failed to patch an exploited flaw in Microsoft Excel revealed last month.

Mozilla released Firefox version 2.0.0.12 on Thursday, fixing 10 vulnerabilities -- three critical -- in the alternative web browser.

Microsoft on Tuesday plans to deliver 12 fixes - its largest patch rollout in a year - to address a number of vulnerabilities impacting its operating systems and related software.

Critical ActiveX control flaws have been detected in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, which like vulnerabilities reported last week in MySpace and Facebook image uploaders, may permit attackers to take control of users' PCs.