Microsoft has released security bulletin MS08-052. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

• Home users:
  http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200809.mspx)
  Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
  http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/ (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
• IT professionals:
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-052.msp (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-052.mspx)

How to obtain help and support for this security update

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Additional information about this security update

For more information about this security update and for information about any known issues with specific releases of this software, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

File information for Microsoft Visual Studio

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For Visual Studio 2002 Service Pack 1

For Visual Studio 2003 Service Pack 1

For Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1

For Visual Studio 2008

File information for the Microsoft .NET Framework

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For the .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3

For the .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

For the .NET Framework 2.0

For the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1

File information for Microsoft Office

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For the 2007 Office system

For Office 2003

For Visio 2002

Note For cumulative purposes, the following file is also included with this package. However, this file is not part of the Security Update for Visio 2002 (KB954479): For more information about the source for the gdiplus.dll file, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For Works 8

For PowerPoint Viewer 2003

For Digital Image Suite 11

File information for Microsoft SQL Server

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For x86-based versions of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 GDR

For x64-based versions of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 GDR

For Itanium-based versions of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 GDR

For x86-based versions of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix

For x64-based versions of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix

For Itanium-based versions of the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix

For SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 2

File information for Microsoft Report Viewer

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005 SP1

For Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2008

File information for Microsoft Visual FoxPro

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For Visual FoxPro 8.0 Service Pack 1

For Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1

For Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2

File information for Microsoft Forefront Client Security

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

For Forefront Client Security

File information for Windows and for Internet Explorer 6 SP1

The English (United States) version of this security update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

Windows XP, 32-bit versions

Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, 64-bit versions

Windows Server 2003, 32-bit versions

Windows Server 2003, Itanium-based versions

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, 32-bit versions