Perhaps you should refer to the bulletin (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-048.mspx) in which it clearly states that XP is not affected by remote code execution. Those operating systems which remote execution are marked as critical.

To make the absurdity clearer, I've replaced IE with Minesweeper.

In a preliminary ruling, the European Commission told Microsoft that linking Minesweeper to its dominant Windows operating system violates EC rules.

The EC's ruling was triggered by a complaint from Minesweeper rival âoeSimon Tathamâ(TM)s Minesâ. Microsoft could seek to offer a Windows version without Minesweeper, as it did in the EC's 2004 ruling on Windows Media Player.

The EC said that tie shields Microsoft from head-to-head competition with rival mine-finding games.

The EU released a statement Friday stating, "Microsoft's tying of Minesweeper to the Windows operating system harms competition between logic puzzles, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces consumer choice."

The commission noted last week that Minesweeper is available on 90 percent of the world's PCs. Citing the evidence it has gathered to date, the EC said tying Minesweeper with Windows "distorts competition on the merits between competing mine-finding games insofar as it provides Minesweeper with an artificial distribution advantage which other mine-finding games are unable to match."