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June Windows Update To Be Biggest in a Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the patch-early-patch-often dept.

Supersonic1425 writes "The BBC reports that this month's security update from Microsoft will be the one of the biggest this year. Nine of the patches are for Windows — one classed as critical — two are for Office and one for the Exchange e-mail server software." From the article: "At least one of the loopholes being patched is already being actively exploited by malicious hackers. ... Microsoft is not only tackling security problems but also the fallout of a legal case that the software giant lost."

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  1. Re:Reinventing their Wheel by IAmTheDave · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You mean, just when XP is patched again, surely unsecure, and dialing home at a constant basis...

    No doubt that you won't be able to install this "major" update without downloading the Windows Genuine Advantage tool, which constantly calls back to Microsoft with who knows what kind of information - you know, just in case it crashes.

    Thank God I went OSX. I never pirated XP (maybe ME when it was in beta) but this "if you didn't do anything wrong you have nothing to hide" bullshit has gone too far.

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  2. Re:The Mac way by Duds · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And at least unlike Apple, MS don't charge full price for every service pack.

  3. Re:Please! by kimvette · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Funny? Who the hell modded that funny?

    Try Sad/Insightful. ;)

    (I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Chill.)

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