Microsoft issues its biggest-ever security fix

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Microsoft said four of the new patches -- software updates that write over
glitches -- were of the highest priority and should be deployed immediately
to protect users from potential criminal attacks on the Windows operating
systems.

Microsoft released 16 security patches to address 49 problems in its
products, many of which were discovered by outside researchers who seek out
such vulnerabilities to win cash bounties as well as notoriety for their
technical prowess.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1220677620101012
 
Pat said:
Wow! What would we do without you?
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Without him you will have a relaxed life without worrying about M$
patches because they should be automatic! This assumes you
actually care about these useless patches!

hth
 
Valorie *~~ said:
Are these known to stop a PC from seeing it's modem? Suddenly 3 (Vista
and W-7) of our 5 PCs can no longer get online due to not being able to
see their modems. Only the XP PCs can still see their modems.
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They didn't bother my Win7 notebook. The modem still works fine.
If you go to Device Manager on one of the three, does the modem show up as
being OK, no yellow or red icon? If you open the modem properties, is there
a diagnostics tab? If so, click on the 'Query Modem' button and see what the
results are.
 
Robert said:
At least you know that they are not useful...in fact sometimes they
are WORSE than not being applied.
NOTHING should be "automatic" - especially M$ "critical" updates.
If you insist, then (1) COPY your HD to a second one, (2) remove 1st
HD and install / boot from second, (3) MANUALLY install that "patch",
(4) test the hell out of it; ask others if there was ANY benefit and how
many NEW glitches created.
You can always pull HD #2 and put HD #1 back in!
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I have *NOT* installed a single update or patch post SP3 and I don't
feel my system is vulnerable to spywares, hackers, or trojans! My
windows Firewall is setup in such a way that "No exceptions is allowed".
I also don't install any betas or trial softwares.

The only update/upgrade I care about is for MSE and Windows Defender -
the rest are simply added extras which I am not interested in unless
they bring some new functions to Windows or other office applications.

hth
 
I have *NOT* installed a single update or patch post SP3 and I don't
feel my system is vulnerable to spywares, hackers, or trojans! My
windows Firewall is setup in such a way that "No exceptions is allowed".
I also don't install any betas or trial softwares.
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Ignorance is bliss. You seem blissful. Your system is unprotected.
 
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