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Microsoft Notes Critical Security Holes in Windows, Office

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the another-day-another-patch dept.

Scoria writes "CNN is reporting that the infamous Microsoft has disclosed six critical Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, including some that would allow an attacker to execute arbitary commands. According to the relevant TechNet bulletin, a cumulative patch has been released to address them." Please be sure to read the EULA before installing the patch.

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  1. I'm getting pretty used to strangers anyways by zaqattack911 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I almost feel... sad, when a month goes by without new security holes in Windows.

    People can get used to anything:)

  2. Re:Suprise suprise suprise.... by Verizon+Guy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    He's just doing his little part to "bring down the infidels!" He's brainwashing his family into becoming pinko commies such as himself. Most likely, he's the "computer guy" in the family, and let loose with some ludicrous bullshit such as "If you install M$ (don't forget the dollar sign) on your computer it will catch fire! And it will e-mail your social security number, credit card numbers(s) and your personal information to Microsoft so they can rip you off! And it will load virusen (note spelling) on your computer so they can h4x0R you!! Plus, they don't give you the blueprints to their software, so that just pisses me off!"

    Kind of reminds me of this linux-obsessed professor I have - he makes us do our programming in a special Linux lab; of course, half the fucking computers don't boot Linux correctly, and the other half give you errors-a-plenty in X.

    --

    Aw, fuck it. Let's go bowling. - The Big Lebowski

  3. News for Nerds, Twisted to Make MS Look Evil by InnovATIONS · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    So, they found some bugs, none of which had a documented case of actually being used to harm a computer. Admitted it, publicly thanked the persons who brought it to their attention (no stupid use of DMCA to harrass them) and promptly issued a patch.

    The fact of the matter is Windows is the most common target of hackers. They occasionall find stuff, it gets fixed.

    Then there is this warning to 'be sure to read the EULA' as if there is something in this EULA different than every other EULA for Microsoft Products? It is proprietary software, it has a EULA. Just like every piece of proprietary software from every other non-evil company. Get used to it. Not every company wants to make free software. Not every software makes sense to be created under a free model. And in a free world software developers should have that choice too, should they not?

    The people that are really doing the user community a disservice are the ones who, out of misguided stubborness or as a misdirected 'protest' against Microsoft, (or because slashdot implied that the EULA with this patch was somehow troublesome) don't apply security patches. Because now that the vulnerability is well known every script kiddie on the planet can write a few lines of code to use it to do things that harm all users, like set up a DDOS attack on sites.

  4. PERMANENT FIX TO ALL MS BUGS AND SECURITY HOLES... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Two actually...

    1) http://www.suse.com (or your fav *nix distro)

    or

    2) http://www.apple.com/switch/

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