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MS Issues Emergency IE Security Update

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the press-the-panic-button dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "CNET is reporting that Microsoft has issued an emergency patch for 10 IE security holes. 'The cumulative update, which Microsoft announced on Monday, resolves nine privately reported flaws and one that was publicly disclosed. ... Software affected by the cumulative update addressing all the IE vulnerabilities includes Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008, Vista, and Windows 7.'"

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  1. Re:Better links here: by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 1, Troll

    Firefox 3.6.2 addresses critical vulnerability

    Opera vunerability that the company denies is a vunerability

    You're better off running Chrome.

  2. Emergency Patches? by FatalMuffin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Its a good thing that MS has Windows update at their disposal. Whereas I use FIrefox, along with "most" (i'm guessing) users of /. At least there isn't a patch every other fortnight

  3. Re:Opera troll fail^2 by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 0, Troll

    Perhaps he should have pointed a professional browser security evaluation site like Secunia.com

    Okay. Here is the Secunia link about the same issue. That better for you?

  4. Re:Opera troll fail by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 0, Troll

    So by this logic one should just ignore any exploits in IE6 just cause most people are using IE7 or 8?