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Microsoft Releases Critical IE Patch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-i-thought-all-patches-were-critical dept.

Laura Brown writes "Microsoft has released its security software patches for April. The most anticipated is the MS06-013 patch, which fixes several IE bugs, including the "create TextRange ()" vulnerability. Hackers had been exploiting this problem by installing unauthorized software on PCs. "

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  1. Dammed if they do, dammed if they do not.. by Tominva1045 · · Score: 5, Insightful



    If they don't update their products people will comment on how much they suck.

    If they do update them people will claim instability due to the number of patches.

    It's a matter of perception. Some people see ongoing updates as true support. Others simply hate anything Microsoft.

    You decide.

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  2. Re:The Exploit by Billosaur · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not bad, but your response time could use some imporvement.

    From TFA: Microsoft Corp. has released its security software patches for April...

    Microsoft has adopted the policy of "no patch before its time." These patches must be left on the vine, to ripen in the sun, until they are full of succulent flavor that brings out the best in an OS... sorry... anyway, it didn't matter how important the exploit was or that it was compromising machines left and right and letting the botnetters have a field day, Microsoft was in no rush. And you have to admit, that 3 weeks is not bad compared to some exploits which seem to be out there for months before anything is done. Now if Oracle could get their patch time down to three weeks...

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  3. Re:How much longer is this going to be NEWS? by castoridae · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do we have to have a story every time a bug is fixed in IE or Firefox...?

    Because Slashdorks like ourselves keep reading them and posting comments. You can bet if people stopped reading & commenting, the editors would stop posting these stories.

  4. Re:Schedule Over Security? by boskone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    yes...

    many exploits are made by examining the patch, so in most cases, it's better if everyone gets the patch at the same time (crackers and legitimate users) rather than the crackers getting it ahead of business users.