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Microsoft to Release 7 Patches Next Week

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-quite-a-lot-of-patching dept.

craters writes "Microsoft plans to release 7 patches next week for Windows and Office. From the article: 'In the monthly pre-patch notification it sends out five days prior to unveiling fixes, Microsoft said that at least two of the seven will be rated Critical, which by the company's definition means that the vulnerability can be remotely exploited.'"

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  1. Great timing by 0110011001110101 · · Score: 5, Funny
    FTFA - Microsoft will also issue one non-security, high-priority update to Windows, and will update the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to, at the least, account for the parasitic Kama Sutra/MyWife/Nyxem worm that caused a stir last week.

    Ohhhh man... it figures.. right when I had my spyware pickup line down to a science...

    Example:

    Me: Well maam, I can fix the problem.
    Hot Housewife: Great! Whats it going to take?
    Me: Well I've been reading some websites on good ways to deal with myWife.
    Hot Housewife: mmmmHmmmm
    Me: ANd then we'll look and see if I can find my article on Kama Sutra, and get to work.
    Hot Housewife: Screw the article.. why don't you just start checking out my ports now!

    Please delay this patch for a couple more weeks, until my viagra laden penis enlargment pills and kingly inheritance arrive from my new friends in Nigeria, thus negating my need for cheesy spyware pickup line attempts.

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  2. timing? by mctsonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Happy VD from Microsoft!

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  3. Re:Lack of bug fixing strategy by flooey · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It appears there is a conflict at Redmond. In one case they are fixing a bug which has yet to be discovered, in another they are fixing a bug which has existed for around nine months.

    It's about time they came up with a proper strategy other than randomly fixing the bugs they want to fix.
    It looks unusual from the outside, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have a proper strategy. Some bugs are easy to fix, some are difficult. Some are more important, some are less important. Some are likely to cause software to stop working, some aren't. Since there's no way to know just what was involved in each bug at this point (and we'll probably never know what the source looks like as it relates to the bugs), just because it looks funny doesn't mean they're not prioritizing properly.
  4. Microsoft "warned"...? by Dekortage · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Microsoft warned users...

    I don't use Windows systems often, but most of my colleagues and friends do. How exactly has Microsoft warned its users? Pop-up windows? Ads in the local paper? Public service announcements on cable television? Are the requirements for Microsoft repairing computer-disabling software bugs the same as, say, General Motor's obligations for repairing automobile-disabling engineering mistakes (e.g. recalls)?

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  5. Re:Windows 2000? by MadTinfoilHatter · · Score: 5, Informative

    Anyone know when the date is when MS will stop making security patches for Windows 2000?

    Windows 2000 will be supported for 5 + 5 years since it's an enterprise product. Home level products are supported for 5 + 0 years (except XP Home which got two years more to live.) See http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy for details.

  6. So what? by MSFanBoi2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see what the big deal is, both Linux and MacOS get patched. Some more often than others...

  7. Re:I hope it's not business as usual... by MSFanBoi2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just checked, you are not correct.

    There have been 27 critical and high level patches released for Windows 2000, since SP4 was released. Which are a total of just over 31 MB in size.

    SP4 itself is 132 MB.

    The Windows 2000 Server base install is just over 1.3 GB with most of the standard features.

    132+31=163, which is far FAR short of 1.3 GB.

    FUD possibly?

  8. Oh Great by aquatone282 · · Score: 4, Funny

    7 reboots.

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