Posted on 02/09/2013 1:38:46 PM PST by Las Vegas Dave
Microsoft will release 12 patches for 57 vulnerabilities next week for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office.
A spattering of enterprise products, including Microsoft Office and Windows Server, and developer tools, such as .NET Framework, will also be patched.
Five of the updates are labeled "critical," in which malicious code can be remotely executed on users' machines. Another vulnerability that allows remote code execution is labeled "important."
The company's pre-release bulletin warns of two major vulnerabilities for Internet Explorer, which will patch a flaw allowing hackers to run remotely executed code on vulnerable machines. All versions from IE6 to IE10 are affected, including Windows RT-based Surface tablets, which will also need to be updated.
With this in mind, users are advised to switch to another browser for the next few days until the updates are released.
While the software giant normally throws in any Internet Explorer fixes into a monthly update, next Tuesday's patches will address the severity of the vulnerabilities.
Another critical update will address a flaw in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003—but does not affect later versions of the operating system, such as Windows 7 or Windows 8.
The fourth critical vulnerability patches Microsoft's email server, Exchange, while the fifth critical vulnerability affects only Windows XP-based machines.
In other "important" updates, Microsoft will also patch SharePoint which could be subject to code injection attacks.
Microsoft doesn't release the full details of the vulnerabilities until patches are made available.
Microsoft's advisory notice serve as a 'get prepared' warning for the upcoming Tuesday, February 12, when the patches are released through the usual update channels, such as Windows Update.
Hmmm...good thing I don’t use it. At all.
IE is beyond all hope, I’ve given up on that Frankenstein monster years ago. I tried to run it a few months ago and I couldn’t believe how long it took, then of course first page I hit it locks up.
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How ya doing LVD?
Aw, they’re still supporting XP twelve years after it first came out. The support for 98 and ME stopped far, far sooner than that (eight years for 98 first edition, seven years for 98 SE, and a mere six years for ME). Windows 2000 support lasted ten years.
It doesn’t matter how much malware IE has. It runs so slow none of them will be effective. ha ha ha
The hackers feel so sorry for it, they are going to start creating a virus to help speed it up.
I’ve used Windows and IE since 1997.
I’ve never had a security issue.
If you just follow the basic security rules, I think you have a 99% chance of keeping your computer healthy no matter which operating system or browser you use.
I run a complete security scan once a week, I auto load security updates, I don’t visit porn sites, I use the default security settings on Windows 7, and I don’t click on any link or download any program if I even get a moderate security warning.
I know that’s not a perfect solution, but for the last 15 years, so far, so good.
I visit about 20 sites on a regular basis.
The only sites I have a speed issue on are Free Republic, The Daily Caller, and sometimes Fox Sports.
Everything else is just click-click-click.
I do have problems with some videos....
Bloomberg takes forever, and amazingly, some Microsoft website videos, too.
But the top video sites, You Tube, etc., are practically instant, stream perfectly, and have perfect visual quality.
Perhaps if you're a gamer or visit lots of small sites, IE is bad?
For me, almost no problems at all, and it is perfectly integrated into all of Microsoft's most used programs.
IE is beyond all hope, I’ve given up on that Frankenstein monster years ago. I tried to run it a few months ago and I couldn’t believe how long it took, then of course first page I hit it locks up.
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Same here running on my backup pc ,P4 @ 3ghz 1gb xp ...fully patched and up to date.. locks up solid EVERY TIME when you use IE... FireFox for me. IE did run good for me on my (now dead) primary pc , a dual core Vista32 machine w/4gb... Then again the F111 proved that anything could fly if you bolted on enough horsepower.
For goodness sake, it’s just a browser. Use whichever one you feel the most comfortable with.
“I’ve used Windows and IE since 1997.
I’ve never had a security issue.
If you just follow the basic security rules, I think you have a 99% chance of keeping your computer healthy no matter which operating system or browser you use.
I run a complete security scan once a week, I auto load security updates, I don’t visit porn sites, I use the default security settings on Windows 7, and I don’t click on any link or download any program if I even get a moderate security warning.
I know that’s not a perfect solution, but for the last 15 years, so far, so good.”
I think you aught to talk to Janet Napolitano. As head of Homeland Security she could use a few pointers:)
It’s odd that DHS and practically everyone else was in such a huff over the Java browser plug-in. There is absolutely no difference between that case and the ongoing problems with IE. I guess each time people believe that MS has fixed the last bug.
It’s crazy isn’t it, all the money microsoft has and you would think they could get their act together for one freakin’ good browser that actually works, but no.
Ya. The new and improved IE 9 is totally f’d up.
I don’t know what they were thinking!
I’m sure that inside MSFT they have a version that WORKS that they use internally , problem is all the bells and whistles designed to aid advertisers.
The latest version of IE is so locked down that you can’t hardly log on to secure sites and make payments or orders. I guess that helps make it more secure so their next patch will likely be a default setting to refuse all internet connections to make it really secure...
So, what happened ... no patches were forthcoming.
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