McAfee provides coverage for the new 25 Microsoft Windows security vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft. These vulnerabilities have been reviewed by McAfee Avert Labs, and based on their findings, McAfee recommends that users confirm the Microsoft product versioning outlined in the bulletins and update as recommended by Microsoft and McAfee. This includes deploying solutions to ensure protection against the vulnerabilities outlined in this advisory.

Microsoft on Monday released a new beta for its Windows Live OneCare security service, marking the first time that the anti-virus software runs on Windows Vista.

Windows Live OneCare Beta 1.5, which can be downloaded and used free of charge, is available in 17 localised editions for countries that include the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK Earlier editions were for US customers only.

A senior Microsoft executive has promised that its new operating system will be more secure than ever.

Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, said that beefing-up security was one reason behind delays to Windows Vista.

Microsoft has been criticised for flaws in previous systems that left users vulnerable to attacks by hackers.

BRUSSELS -- Microsoft is working to hamstring software companies trying to overcome "inherent weaknesses" in Windows security, rival McAfee Inc. charged in a full-page ad in yesterday's Financial Times.

McAfee, Symantec, and other security software companies argue Microsoft's new Vista operating system will make it more difficult to protect customers because, for the first time, they have been denied access to the core of the operating system.