...computers. But until now, the company did not have a fix available to prevent the pesky virus from spreading. Stephen Toulouse, a security program manager at Microsoft, said the company needed time to make sure the patch would not create...

...It assessed the threat to computer users as "critical," its highest rating. A Microsoft security executive, Stephen Toulouse, said the flawed software was "an extremely deep and pervasive technology in Windows," and urged customers to...

...200 million downloads of the patch that averts Sasser, three-quarters came through the auto-update tool, said Stephen Toulouse, a security program manager at Microsoft. Toulouse said automation becomes increasingly critical because virus...

...by April 11, its normal time of month for issuing security updates, and sooner if possible. In the meantime, Stephen Toulouse, a program manager with Microsoft's Security Response Center, said the company is working with other security...

...are companies, and even large corporations, that did not patch the system, and they have been hit pretty bad." Stephen Toulouse, a security program manager at Microsoft, said four times as many computer owners downloaded the latest patches...