In an obvious effort to outdistance the hackers of the world, Microsoft seems to have resorted to time travel.

MICROSOFT SECURITY UPDATE ALERT

July 14, 2005

NOTE: THIS IS THE FINAL ISSUE
This is the final scheduled installment of this communication. Please see the retirement section for more information.

SECURITY UPDATE INFORMATION
Microsoft has released several security updates for Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server, and ISA Server. Review the notice on the Security Web site for actions to take and links to detailed technical information.

If you’ll note the date of this release, you’ll see that Microsoft has traveled an entire month into the future to bring you these patches. The news, however, isn’t all good, since that date will mark the end of the standard Microsoft Security Alert. It will be replaced with a spread of more targeted e-publications, as you’ll see.

SECURITY UPDATE ALERT RETIRES *TODAY*
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