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- Microsoft previews three critical Bulletins; two for Office
- Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for OfficeCritical Bull(???)etinsthanks for the "head-Up"...now if they would say something about XP SP3..Just got a message from our "Factory" HQ which says that XP SP# will disable our technical diagnostic machines which we use to determine electrical/electronics problems with engines; i.e., fuel injection.....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, critical bulletin, bulletin, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Microsoft previews three critical Bulletins; two for Office
- Microsoft on Thursday previewed three critical bulletins for Microsoft Office and Windows and a moderate denial of service vulnerability for the company's security software. According to Microsoft's advance notification, the software giant will address the following in its Patch Tuesday update May 13: A...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Office Suites, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Microsoft readies Vista, Windows Server 2008 critical patches
- Microsoft on Thursday issued five critical security bulletins and three important ones for all flavors of Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. Vista and Windows Server 2008 are affected by four of the five critical bulletins. In its patch day advance notification for its Tuesday update, Microsoft issued...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Microsoft Excel patch may lead to to calculation errors
- Microsoft plugged more than a few vulnerabilities in Excel last week, but the trade off may be calculation errors. Microsoft's Bill Sisk said in a post late Friday following the software giant's latest patch batch: I wanted to let you know that we have updated bulletin...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- Microsoft previews four critical Bulletins for Office; Patches on deck
- Microsoft previews four critical bulletins for Office; Patches on deck2 more years of Office 2000 supportKudos for Microsoft for supporting Office 2000 through 2010, but it's clear that it's significantly buggier than its successors. It's definitely time for corporations to move off of 2000 before they get hit by...
- Tags: Patches, Microsoft Office, critical bulletin, bulletin, Microsoft Office 2000, patch management, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Microsoft previews four critical Bulletins for Office; Patches on deck
- Microsoft said it plans to address four critical bulletins for vulnerabilities in Office on its upcoming patch day March 11. In a security bulletin, Microsoft said Thursday there are four critical remote code execution flaws in Office, which is regularly under attack. The first...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- Microsoft previews 12 security Bulletins, 7 'critical'; Excel fix likely en route
- Microsoft on Thursday issued advance notice of 12 security bulletins ahead of its February batch of patches with seven critical flaws affecting Vista, Internet Explorer and Office. The most notable patch will likely cover that Excel zero day vulnerability that surfaced last month. Since Microsoft confirmed the...
- Tags: Security, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Office Suites, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Microsoft plans two security Bulletins; one critical impacting Vista
- Microsoft plans a relatively light haul of two security bulletins on Patch Tuesday, but one of them is rated critical and dings Vista. Thursday's preview, which is an advance notice for folks that need to prepare for Microsoft's patches on Jan. 8, highlight two issues. ...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- IE gets security makeover in Patch Tuesday batch
- Microsoft's final batch of patches for 2007 has been released to cover at least 11 security vulnerabilities that put millions of users at risk of remote code execution attacks. The December updates includes a "critical" bulletin with patches for at least four flaws affecting Internet Explorer and...
- Tags: Windows Media, Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, December Update, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Microsoft Patch Day preview: 7 Bulletins, 3 critical
- Microsoft issued seven security bulletins on Thursday with three deemed critical. The other four were rated "important." According to an advance notice issued by Microsoft on Thursday the patches for these bulletins will land Dec. 11 at roughly 1 p.m. EST. Here are the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Two Windows Bulletins coming on Patch Tuesday
- Two Windows bulletins coming on Patch TuesdayI don't have any updates to install in Windows Vista.But I do have definition updates to install, so that's no big deal.I am always cautious when visiting websites and I will never open attachments (only an idiot will do that to get their computer...
- Tags: Operating systems, Patch Tuesday, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Two Windows Bulletins coming on Patch Tuesday
- Microsoft is planning a very light Patch Tuesday this month. According to an advance notice issued by the software vendor, there will only be two security bulletins on November 13 -- with patches for potentially serious holes in the Windows operating system. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Microsoft slaps bandaid on IE, MS Word
- Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer browser has undergone a security makeover to correct at least four vulnerabilities that could be used in code execution attacks if a user simply surfs to a maliciously rigged Web page. The cumulative IE update (MS07-057), shipped as part of this month's Patch...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Flaw, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Microsoft Word, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Security, Software, Internet, Office Suites, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- MS Patch Tuesday: 7 Bulletins coming, 4 critical
- MS Patch Tuesday: 7 bulletins coming, 4 criticalHow LongBefore the fanbois get in a Windows vs. Linux fight?I say 30 minutes.RE: MS Patch Tuesday: 7 bulletins coming, 4 criticalI hope that they will have fixes for Windows Movie Maker and DVD Maker.....mine has never worked! Very frustrating. Any...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, MS Patch Tuesday, MS patch, bulletin, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- MS Patch Tuesday: 7 Bulletins coming, 4 critical
- Next Tuesday's batch of security updates from Microsoft will include "critical" patches for worm holes in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Outlook Express and Windows Mail. In its advance notice mechanism, Microsoft announced plans to release seven bulletins on October 9, 2007. Four of the seven will be...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Operating Systems, Security Administration, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000
- It's a relatively light Patch Tuesday in Microsoft-land. As expected, the software giant dropped four security bulletins one was withdrawn at the last minute with fixes for potentially serious holes in Windows, Visual Studio, Windows Services for UNIX, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. ...
- Tags: MSN, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, Attacker, Microsoft Windows 2000, Agent, MSN Messenger, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Flaw, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Coming on Patch Tuesday: Windows, MSN Messenger Updates
- Microsoft's September batch of security updates will include patches for at least five vulnerabilities in several Windows and MSN-branded software products. One of the five bulletins applies to the Windows operating system and will be rated critical, the Microsoft's highest severity rating. The other...
- Tags: MSN, Webcam, MSN Messenger, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Windows 2000 IIS5 Security Patch: IIS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (EXE)
- On August 25, 2000, Microsoft released the original version of this bulletin, to advise customers of the availability of a patch that eliminates a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server. However, an additional variant of the vulnerability was subsequently identified, and on October 30, 2000, the bulletin was updated to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000, Vulnerability, Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft IIS Server, Patches, Security
- Software downloads 2007-09-05
- Critical IE, Excel updates headline bumper Patch Tuesday
- Microsoft has shipped a major Internet Explorer update to cover at least three code execution vulnerabilities in its flagship Web browser.The cumulative IE update (MS07-045) headlines a bumper batch of nine bulletins that contains fixes for 14 documented software vulnerabilities.The update affects IE 5.0 through IE 7.0 on Windows Vista...
- Tags: Web, Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Web Page, Bulletin, Execution Vulnerability, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patches
- Microsoft plans to ship nine security bulletins next Tuesday with patches for a wide range of "critical" vulnerabilities affecting the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office productivity suite and the widely deployed Internet Explorer browser.In an advance notice alert issued today, the software maker said six of the nine...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Severity, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-08-09
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