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Microsoft to Issue Out-of-Cycle Patch for IE

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the download-reboot-repeat dept.

rsw writes "Microsoft will be breaking their normal patch cycle and issuing a patch for the Download.Ject attack (a.k.a. Scob). They claim that the forthcoming patch will be a "long-term solution to the core vulnerability" exploited by Scob." Note that this does not mean that they are replacing IE with FireFox.

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  1. Slashdot by john_smith_45678 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...where I come for all my MS IE patch news.

    --
    John Kerry is a Joke!
  2. /. threads work like that?! by UFNinja · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe I can convince my boss to let me play Doom 3 on my workstation. I'll just show him a /. thread on it. ;-)

  3. Does this mean Microsoft is going... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...with the Rhythm method?

  4. Re:Firefox by Malc · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on now! You don't think the /. authors live up to expectations and actually develop under Linux using one of the many standard's compliant browsers do you? It's obvious that they code for and test with IE! ... how else could you explain it?

  5. Re:Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So that's the problem - Firefox rendering Slashdot. I just thought they were using a new sickening glowing olive color for the IT section.

  6. Re:Wow by Q2Serpent · · Score: 4, Funny

    who will follow the spec to the letter (even if it is mispelled)

    It happens to the best of us :)