Thanks to Radish™ for the heads up
12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system itself and one of those is listed as "critical" designating it as a severe security concern. Two are related to the Microsoft Office productivity suite and one is for Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
Of the 12 updates, one of the Office patches fixes a back door in Microsoft Word that was discovered in May and was exploited by the Backdoor.Ginwui virus. Another of the 12 updates is the result of a $521 million dollar lawsuit against Microsoft by Eolas Technologies Inc. As part of the settlement Microsoft had to disable ActiveX from automatically starting when users visit some web sites. Prior to this update users were able to apply this change to their browsers at will, but the patch makes it mandatory.
Microsoft also stated that they will not fix a back door in Windows 98 and Windows ME that was discovered in April of this year. They claim that to do so would require a major re-write of the Windows Explorer version in those products. Support for those versions of Windows officially ends on July 11th of this year.
Microsoft releases security patches on the second Tuesday of each month, which happens to be today. They are urging users to download this months updates as soon as they are made available and are going a step further by suggesting that those running older versions of Windows should upgrade to newer versions such as Windows XP SP2 as soon as possible.
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News source: BBC News
12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system itself and one of those is listed as "critical" designating it as a severe security concern. Two are related to the Microsoft Office productivity suite and one is for Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
Of the 12 updates, one of the Office patches fixes a back door in Microsoft Word that was discovered in May and was exploited by the Backdoor.Ginwui virus. Another of the 12 updates is the result of a $521 million dollar lawsuit against Microsoft by Eolas Technologies Inc. As part of the settlement Microsoft had to disable ActiveX from automatically starting when users visit some web sites. Prior to this update users were able to apply this change to their browsers at will, but the patch makes it mandatory.
Microsoft also stated that they will not fix a back door in Windows 98 and Windows ME that was discovered in April of this year. They claim that to do so would require a major re-write of the Windows Explorer version in those products. Support for those versions of Windows officially ends on July 11th of this year.
Microsoft releases security patches on the second Tuesday of each month, which happens to be today. They are urging users to download this months updates as soon as they are made available and are going a step further by suggesting that those running older versions of Windows should upgrade to newer versions such as Windows XP SP2 as soon as possible.
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i want these updates installed.but only way to get them it seems is via windows updates- which always insists it wants to install validation tools and other crap.
may wait for autopatcher.
Some genuine windows do not validate.
Not nearly as much as Windows, but still a notable amount.
Whatever. Manually removing the rest that was still present wasn't that bad and I already found a working alternative for Alcohol/Daemon Tools.
I wonder if this behaviour was intended by Microsoft to slow down piracy - disabling and removing virtual drives. Not that I ever pirated anything ever, of course.
-Lef
Case in point: latest Opera 9 build. It now has that 'click to activate this control' "protection". For now it currently affects only Flash plugins - Java, QT, and WMP still work fine in Opera 9. But this may be a sign of some annoying crap that will probably target browsers like Firefox as well.
I fervently hope Firefox NEVER does this. It's an international open source project and the devs just don't give a flying fsck about Eolas and a US-centric patent ruling.
Does this still apply? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
"This security update also replaces the compatibility patch released on April 11, 2006. That compatibility patch temporarily returned Internet Explorer to the previous functionality for handling ActiveX controls, to help enterprise customers who needed more time to prepare for the ActiveX update changes discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 912945. This security update replaces that compatibility patch, and makes the changes in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 912945 permanent. For more information about these changes, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 912945 and the product documentation."
Gotta figure out some workaround fot this bullsh!t. Firefox fanboys save your enegy, I need IE for certain apps.
Might as well wait for Vista is you still haven't updated to XP.
Security Update for Windows XP (KB918439)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
A security issue has been identified in the way ART images are handled that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Details...
Don't show this update again
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911280)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Routing and Remote Access service that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Details...
Don't show this update again
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP (KB916281)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
Security issues have been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Internet Explorer and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Details...
Don't show this update again
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917953)
Download size: 0 KB , 0 minutes (Downloaded; ready to install)
A security issue has been identified that could allow an attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Details...
Don't show this update again
That old chestnut again? Who really uses that image format (I've never seen one)?
Installing Windows XP fresh on any computer (even an installation with SP2 slipstreamed) is quite the ordeal now, with the dozens and dozens of patches that need to be installed. Oh yeah, when's SP3 due?
Try Autopatcher.
I understand it may take a lot of work but if you are making promises to customers who, for whatever reason, need to (or choose) to continue running these versions of Windows, Microsoft should honour that promise.
...C_Guy
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