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Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE

Posted by timothy on from the you-saw-this-coming dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As expected, Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security patch to address a remote code execution hole in Internet Explorer that was used in the recent Chinese attacks disclosed by Google. Ars Technica has all the download links you need."

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  1. Microsot by SimonTheSoundMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ugh, Microsoft! Get it right.

    1. Re:Microsot by GrosTuba · · Score: 2, Funny

      Almost as craptacualr as the reserachers from the front page, who unfortunately got fixed in the meantime :)

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    2. Re:Microsot by burkmat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Perhaps we should stop bashing MS all the time, after all, where would the anti-virus industry be without them?

    3. Re:Microsot by frosty_tsm · · Score: 1, Funny

      Slashdot just needs a spell checker.

      No... just Timmah!

    4. Re:Microsot by lousyd · · Score: 3, Funny

      I thought it was a clever, subtle jab at MS. Like, they're sots. Tiny sots.

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  2. Quick turnaround! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just goes to show that OSS is better because the fixes come out fas...

    oh this was IE?

    Oh...

    I mean... this patch just goes to show the lax security and horrendous coding of IE!

    (In all seriousness, it's actually quite nice to see the hole fixed and tested in such a quick time. I think MS actually deserves kudos for the quick turnaround and out-of-band release)

    1. Re:Quick turnaround! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      The cynic in me wonders iff this wasn't such a visible and highlighted Google highlighted would they bothered to push it sooner or even at all or even to let people know there is a problem

      Could you repeat that? My gibberish-to-english translator is on smoke break, and I'm nowhere near as fluent as he...

  3. Shutdown IS the fix by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

    It will force shutdown even if you don't check the box at the end of the installer. How can this be so wrong at so many levels.

    You don't get it. Shutting down your computer IS the security fix. If you start it up again, you're back where you started - with Windows and IE.

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  4. Re:Google has BACKED DOWN in China by kramulous · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup. This poor bastard was never seen again.

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