Microsoft Patches "Google Hack" Flaw In IE

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."

Comments

WTF! FORCED SHUTDOWN

[indi0144]

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.

Re:WTF! FORCED SHUTDOWN

[mpe]

Better than the alternative, which is to potentially leave software running with a still vulnerable browser, and a user with a false sense of security because they 'just installed the patch.'

The other alternative is to put up a message saying "These applications/services/etc need to be restarted".

Allowing libraries to be modified on disk while in use is a solution to the upgrade problem which is simple, elegant, and terribly, terribly wrong.

If the OS is sufficently "clever" the old version of the library need only exist until the last thing executing it's code stops doing so.

Re:Google has BACKED DOWN in China

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually they haven't removed censorship yet. They would be talking with the Chinese government about a way to provide an uncensored search within the law.

"We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China."

A new approach to China

So, we're still on hold as to if they will remove censorship.

Re:Google has BACKED DOWN in China

[phantomcircuit]

Looks pretty un-censored to me. images:tiananmen square

Re:Quick turnaround!

[aztracker1]

Apparently some of the bugs were reported to MS back in September. So it really wasn't *that* fast.