Microsoft patches 20 security flaws
Posted by Steven Parker on 14 February 2007 - 14:38 · 13 comments & 4412 views
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#1 Posted by Digitalfox on 14 Feb 2007 - 14:45
- No security holes yet in Windows Vista..
Nice..
Their security development improvement is giving results
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#1.1 Posted by
markjensen on 14 Feb 2007 - 15:27
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-010 affects Windows Defender. And, yes, even in Vista, according to Microsoft.Quote -Microsoft Windows Defender and Windows Defender in Windows Vista
Prerequisites
This security update requires Windows Defender.
Removal Information
This update cannot be uninstalled from Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003.
This update can be uninstalled from Windows Vista.
Verifying Update Installation
To verify that the update has been applied to an affected system, perform the following steps:
1. Click Help, then click About Windows Defender.
2. Check the version number. If the Microsoft Antivirus engine build number reads 1.1.2101.0 or above, the update has been successfully installed.
Regardless of what you are running, just keep current on updates... -
#1.2 Posted by Digitalfox on 14 Feb 2007 - 16:27
- Quote - (markjensen said @ #1.1)Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-010 affects Windows Defender. And, yes, even in Vista, according to Microsoft.Quote -Microsoft Windows Defender and Windows Defender in Windows Vista
Prerequisites
This security update requires Windows Defender.
Removal Information
This update cannot be uninstalled from Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003.
This update can be uninstalled from Windows Vista.
Verifying Update Installation
To verify that the update has been applied to an affected system, perform the following steps:
1. Click Help, then click About Windows Defender.
2. Check the version number. If the Microsoft Antivirus engine build number reads 1.1.2101.0 or above, the update has been successfully installed.
Regardless of what you are running, just keep current on updates...
Yeah, but that is just like updating anti-virus.. No big deal -
#1.3 Posted by markjensen on 14 Feb 2007 - 17:11
- Quote - (Digitalfox said @ #1.2)Yeah, but that is just like updating anti-virus.. No big dealWell, the implication that Vista was clear was not correct, so I clarified.
Regardless if you run Vista, XP, OSX, Linux, OpenBSD or whatever, you need to keep updated. Dismissing patches that are rated "Critical" because they allow "remote code execution" as no big deal is a big deal.
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#2 Posted by D-M on 14 Feb 2007 - 14:55
- Sounds like a marketing scheme to get people to upgrade to Vista.
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#2.2 Posted by kiddingguy on 14 Feb 2007 - 19:49
- same for Office 2007....
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#4 Posted by madkingsoup on 14 Feb 2007 - 16:47
- Sod the security flaws - how about just fixing the flaws?
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#5 Posted by GP007 on 14 Feb 2007 - 22:20
- It says 20 security flaws, but for my XP SP2 install with Office 2k7 and IE7, I only have to d/l 11 updates in total, 1 of those was for IE7, 1 for Outlooks Junk E-mail filter, which was an update not a security bug, and 1 is the removal tool they always send, so really, only 8 patches for Windows for me.
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#6 Posted by cork1958 on 16 Feb 2007 - 11:57
- Dumb a** MS and their infinite wisdom of trying to update EVERYTHING, just screwed my computer up. All of a sudden, after a couple years of having XP Home on this machine, there were updates for the laser mouse and Via chipset.
Needless to say (but I will anyway) Via drivers caused an instant blue screen! Cripe! I haven't seen one of those since BEFORE W2K days!!
Stupid MS. Stick with what you may know at least a little something about, Windows updates, huh?!!
Also, so far, out of 5 computers running XP, 2 of them had more updates after the orignal scan found the 10 critical ones that were just released.
The fixes arrived in a dozen security bulletins, released as part of Microsoft's monthly patch cycle. Six of the alerts were tagged "critical," the company's most serious rating. These flaws could enable an attacker to gain complete control over a vulnerable computer with no action, or minor action, on the part of the user, Microsoft warned.
The critical vulnerabilities are in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and in Microsoft security tools such as Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender. None of the Windows or Office flaws affect Vista or Office 2007, Microsoft's latest updates. However, Windows Defender ships as part of Vista, so the new operating system is at risk from that direction.