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“The Internet Explorer team accelerated testing of this update due to the growing attacks against the publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE-2010-0806), and the update has reached the appropriate quality bar for distribution to customers,” said Microsoft Security Response group manager Jerry Bryant in a blog post. “Releasing the update early provides Internet Explorer 6 and 7 customers protection against the active attacks and provides users of all versions of Internet Explorer protection against nine other vulnerabilities.”
I say since it was a publicly disclosed vulnerability how could they have released early? They released LATE. Perhaps a year or two years late. The arrogance of Microsoft never ceases to amaze me. So nice of them to take the time for a special release of an update for a problem that probably shouldn’t have existed to begin with. I, for one, will refuse to drink the Microsoft Kool-Aid.
I know that some if us have already begun our holiday, but I wanted everyone to be aware that there are 4 Windows XP updates this week. So though we will all be busy, just remember the hackers will be busy reverse engineering these security updates. Unfortunately, crime doesn’t seem to take a holiday.
Currently there are many security issues with Adobe Reader. There were some additional downloads just today. Make sure you have Version 9 and you can uninstall all earlier versions from your computer. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to keep your computer safe.
October Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Releases 13 Security Updates
The solution for the vulnerability that was left unpatched during last month’s patch cycle was included in the recently released security advisory, along with a dozen other vulnerability reports.
Of the 13 security vulnerabilities fixed today, 8 vulnerabilities were marked “critical” while the other 5 were marked “important.” This month’s release covered a wide range of vulnerabilities, each of which affects long lists of software. Listed among the software affected in several of the released security update is the very much coveted Windows 7, which is slated to be released next week.