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Microsoft downplays Windows Media Player bug
Published 12/29/2008 at Latest from Computerworld
Microsoft Corp. today dismissed reports of a critical vulnerability in its Windows Media Player, saying that the researcher who claims the bug could be exploited is wrong.
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