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Uber-patch for Internet Explorer

Posted by michael on from the repatch-and-sin-no-more dept.

malevolence writes: "According to The Register, Microsoft has released an Uber-Patch for Internet Explorer that fixes all known security problems, as well as 3 new ones, including the content-type issue that was reported on slashdot a few days ago."

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  1. What a ripoff. by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boy, Microsoft sucks. This patch doesn't even address future, yet-to-be-discovered vulnerabilities.

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    1. Re:What a ripoff. by SubtleNuance · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...no but it probably introduces a few...

  2. Re:Uber Patch by Negadecimal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or better, Magic Lantern.

    It'd be the perfect trojan horse... MS gets leniency from the DOJ in exchange for some...favors.

  3. MS Craziness by Fatal0E · · Score: 5, Funny



    Just when I thought that I knew the difference between a Service Pack, Security Rollup Patch and a cumulative Hot Fix they go and release a Security Bulletin like this one.

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    1. Re:MS Craziness by Chundra · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ok it's easy:

      Service Packs are the small, 6-8oz cups with the foil tops. They usually contain yogurt or pudding.

      Rollup Patches are dried fruit puree attached to thin plastic wrap. You tear the fruit substance off the plastic before eating.

      Hot Fixes are the things you remove from the plastic bag and put in the microwave. They usually consist of some sort of bread substance with a meaty and/or cheesy filling.

      Hope that clears things up.

  4. Re:Been there, done that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    *sigh* It's Friday afternoon. Time to go home. No more f*cking patches to do.


    Not so fast, buster. First we need you to change the toner cartridge on the LJ4 up on third floor.

    hup-hup to it, now, IT boy. The girls in the secretary pool don't call you 'sysadmin' (while smirking) for nothing.

  5. Re:Does anyone else feel immoral? by istartedi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else feel immoral browsing the web with an Internet Explorer USER_AGENT?

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cu rr entVersion\Internet Settings] "User Agent"="Mozilla/Church Lady 3.01"

    Would that make you morally superior?

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