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Critical fixes for Windows, Office coming
Cnet News ^ | 07/07/2005 | Joris Evers

Posted on 07/07/2005 1:27:43 PM PDT by Panerai

As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release three security alerts for flaws in Windows and Office.

Two of the security bulletins apply to Windows, and at least one of them is deemed "critical," Microsoft's highest risk rating, the company said in a notice posted on its Web site Thursday. Its Office productivity suite will get one bulletin, also rated critical.

The notice did not specify whether one of the patches will be for Internet Explorer. Microsoft earlier this week offered a workaround for a known flaw in the Web browser that opens the door for intruders to crash IE and to run arbitrary code.

Microsoft said it will also issue a "high-priority" update for Office that is unrelated to security on Tuesday. In addition, that day is tagged for the release of an updated version of the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, which detects and removes malicious code placed on computers, the company said.

The company gave no further information on Thursday's bulletins, other than stating that some of the Windows fixes will require restarting the computer, as may the Office update.


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1 posted on 07/07/2005 1:27:45 PM PDT by Panerai
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To: Panerai

Critical fixes called Apple's System XXX.x............


2 posted on 07/07/2005 1:31:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Army makes the world safe for democracy. The Marines make the world safe for the Army.....)
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To: Panerai
As part of its monthly patching cycle...

Isn't it great?

LVM

3 posted on 07/07/2005 1:32:55 PM PDT by LasVegasMac ("God. Guts. Guns. I don't call 911." (bumper sticker))
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To: LasVegasMac

Better than nothing


4 posted on 07/07/2005 1:35:02 PM PDT by Khepera (Do not remove by penalty of law!)
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To: LasVegasMac

Swallows return to Capistrano, Buzzards to Hinkley, OH, and Windows needs to be patched. All is right with the Universe......


5 posted on 07/07/2005 1:35:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Army makes the world safe for democracy. The Marines make the world safe for the Army.....)
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To: Panerai
The company gave no further information on Thursday's bulletins, other than stating that some of the Windows fixes will require restarting the computer, as may the Office update.

They didn't actually state how many times the computer may have to be rebooted...

6 posted on 07/07/2005 1:36:39 PM PDT by frogjerk
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To: Panerai

When will someone propose a Lemon Law for software?


7 posted on 07/07/2005 1:37:23 PM PDT by FreePaul
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To: Red Badger
Swallows return to Capistrano...

If Windows could only go that long without a "fix."

8 posted on 07/07/2005 1:39:05 PM PDT by FreePaul
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To: FreePaul

They already have, but the original copy was destroyed by a beta virus.........


9 posted on 07/07/2005 1:39:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Army makes the world safe for democracy. The Marines make the world safe for the Army.....)
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To: frogjerk

I re-boot my computer at least 3 times a day.........Just have to remember not to do wahatever it was I did just before it locked up!.........


10 posted on 07/07/2005 1:41:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Army makes the world safe for democracy. The Marines make the world safe for the Army.....)
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To: Red Badger
"I re-boot my computer at least 3 times a day.."

What release are you running? I have not seen this problem with Win2k or XP either for that matter.
11 posted on 07/07/2005 1:53:54 PM PDT by oldcomputerguy
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To: LasVegasMac

MS has a monthly cycle? Well, THAT explains a lot! ;-)


12 posted on 07/07/2005 1:56:22 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (No rolling stone ever says, "I want to be a Bryologist when I grow up!")
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To: Hegemony Cricket
MS has a monthly cycle? Well, THAT explains a lot!

LOL

LVM

13 posted on 07/07/2005 2:24:17 PM PDT by LasVegasMac ("God. Guts. Guns. I don't call 911." (bumper sticker))
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To: oldcomputerguy

He's trolling. Nobody is seeing those sorts of problems.


14 posted on 07/07/2005 2:30:02 PM PDT by Bush2000 (Linux -- You Get What You Pay For ... (tm)
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To: Red Badger

>>>Swallows return to Capistrano, Buzzards to Hinkley, OH, and Windows needs to be patched. All is right with the Universe......

Too bad that's too long for a tagline...


15 posted on 07/07/2005 2:31:54 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Life's a beach - and Liberals are like the sand that gets in your swimsuit...)
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To: Panerai

I always suspected that my Windows computers had monthly cycles.


16 posted on 07/07/2005 2:33:20 PM PDT by Redcloak (We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces singin' "whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!")
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To: Panerai

bump


17 posted on 07/07/2005 2:42:33 PM PDT by ZOOKER (proudly killing threads since 1998)
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To: Red Badger

That's odd, and I hear it often but never understood it. I run Win98 on an old 500 mhz crate, and when it's not storming so bad I'm unplugged more than able to use it, I have to reboot once, maybe twice a week...for resources. I'm running a firewall, AVG, and a few other goodies since I'm the LAN server here, but crashes are extremely rare, BSODs are a maybe once a year thing, and my last format was in April '02, after a power blink during a defrag did a number on my OS. My WinME box is as troublefree as anything as old as it is that's forced to run Everquest can be expected to be...patches come and bring crashes, repatches fix them, but only EQ. Am I just the lucky one in a million here?


18 posted on 07/07/2005 4:47:32 PM PDT by Fire_on_High (I am so proud of what we were...)
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