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MS Patch Train Leaves the Station

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the a-whole-lotta-security-going-on dept.

per1176 writes "Microsoft has released 10 advisories to cover a dozen security vulnerabilities, including a "critical" cumulative update for the Internet Explorer browser. The IE fix corrects a remote code-execution vulnerability that exists due to the way the browser handles PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files."

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  1. Witty Headlines by Gothmolly · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is this, Fark? I thought we put the funny editorializing in the "from the xxxx dept." tagline here.

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  2. Xroads by Kamic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ugh, trains always make me late for work, then once I get there patch trains delay me further patching away on clients and serversAnd THEN I get to read about how I should move to linux on /. Maybe I should join the dark side!

  3. Damn by northcat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PNG eh? Too bad PNG is not good for pictures of Britney Spears.

  4. Patch train!? by LegendOfLink · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that anything like Soul Train?

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  5. Wow. You'd think they'd get all these by revscat · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You know, at some point you just kinda figure that they'd get all these critical holes in their flagship software. I mean, call me crazy, but if you have $60+billion in cash in the bank and an army of tens of thousands, you'd THINK you could get the major problems taken care of.

    You'd think.

    It's crap like this that makes me wonder at the possibility of Apple eating Microsoft's lunch on the OS front.

  6. Y:ou f4il it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    used to. SHIT ON

  7. the thing i hate is... by caino59 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where I work insists that we need to use IE instead of firefox b/c of the bugs found in firefox, and it's open source, and 'too difficult to upgrade'

    *sigh*

    Oh yea - we can use netscape - but they have version 7.2 on the machines - how many holes are in that?

    And they frown on us installing anything on the machines - and yes - that includes updating netscape - and yes - the firefox executable is blocked.

    of course...portable firefox would still work, i imagine ;oP

  8. Re:Headline: Bump, Set, Spike... by joncue · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."

    And the alternative is a jackass...need I say more?

  9. Re:IE PNGs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you forgot about ftp.