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Patch Tuesday to bring six security bulletins
Microsoft has detailed next week's Patch Tuesday in a post at the Microsoft Security Response Center. This time around, Redmond will issue six security bulletins -- far less than last month's record breaking 13 bulletins. Three of the six bulletins listed are rated critical -- the highest severity -- while the other three are marked as important. Five of the bulletins are said to allow remote code execution, and at least four will require a restart.
Affected software includes Windows 2000, as well as 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008. Windows 7 isn't named, but one of the updates applies to Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft Office XP, 2003, 2007, Office 2004 and 2008, as well as Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Office Excel Viewer 2003, Office Word Viewer 2003, and the Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats are also affected.
In addition to the mentioned security patches, Microsoft will also release one or more non-security, high-priority updates, on Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), along with a new version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. The company will host a webcast to address customer questions about the coming fixes on November 10 at 11AM PST.
Affected software includes Windows 2000, as well as 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008. Windows 7 isn't named, but one of the updates applies to Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft Office XP, 2003, 2007, Office 2004 and 2008, as well as Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, Office Excel Viewer 2003, Office Word Viewer 2003, and the Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats are also affected.
In addition to the mentioned security patches, Microsoft will also release one or more non-security, high-priority updates, on Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), along with a new version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. The company will host a webcast to address customer questions about the coming fixes on November 10 at 11AM PST.
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User Comments (15)
Post a comment| Kibaruk on November 5, 2009 6:44 PM | Like no one expected this type of things... what I didn't really expect is that only one of those bulletins is according to "server 2008 R2", it's still pretty good news! |
| Beggars on November 5, 2009 7:23 PM | At least they're fixing the issues I guess. Microsoft really
needs to get itself in check though, I mean that is quite a
lot of fixes in a short amount of time. It's either a good
thing that so many fixes were released, or a bad thing in
that it points out Microsoft's inadequateness and inability
to write secure and decent software code. You think for the "world's most popular and used operating system" they would be the epitome of efficiency and secure code by now. |
| shalimar on November 5, 2009 8:35 PM | You think for the "world's most popular and used operating system" they would be the epitome of efficiency and secure code by now. |
| elroacho72 on November 5, 2009 11:12 PM | I can't image what and how many people it takes to put out these updates and patches. |
| zaidpirwani on November 6, 2009 12:24 AM | shalimar said: You think for the "world's most popular and used operating system" they would be the epitome of efficiency and secure code by now. |
| freedomthinker on November 6, 2009 12:42 AM | Well , Microsoft is seems to be working quite a bit , at it ? But seriously why the often updates ? |
| razerblade on November 6, 2009 2:18 AM | Proves that Windows 7 is the most secure operating system as it doesn't need patching! Hopefully it will stay like this for a very long time! |
| limpangel on November 6, 2009 4:53 AM | @razerblade: Proves that MAYBE Windows 7 is the most secure MICROSOFT operating system TO DATE. I say maybe because of this: [link] . Ok, maybe that test is not very conclusive because there's no antivirus installed, but stiil I think windows 7 should provide much more default protection than previous versions. |
| JMMD on November 6, 2009 7:25 AM | With all of these fixes I wish MS would have some kind of offline patcher that can be used to update a fresh install. There are other methods of doing it but it would be nice for MS to release something. |
| swilllx2p on November 6, 2009 7:48 AM | I'm pretty surprised Windows 7 isn't listed, but it comes as good news that it may be more secure out of the box then a lot probably thought. Maybe I just havn't been watching enough tv lately but i havn't seen many mac commercials bashing windows 7 as of yet.. |
| njel on November 6, 2009 8:27 AM | And here we go again... the beginning of a completely new list of Security updates and at the end a SP1.... lol |
| jazboy on November 6, 2009 10:23 AM | I am having window 7 ultimate installed on my machine. I didn't get any update notification. I guess i have to run update manually and see if their is any update / patch released for windows 7 too. |
| slh28 on November 6, 2009 7:05 PM | Don't really mind these patches as I don't find them that intrusive... as long as they're not windows genuine advantage crap. |
| Guest on November 8, 2009 11:54 PM | The most consistent thing I've found with the last couple of "patch days" is my anti virus software being disabled, requiring a re-install and this last group of patches "lost" my cd/dvd hardware and I still haven't been able to get it back up. Is it me or does it look like the only way Microsoft can get people to purchase "new Windows" is by crippling XP? |
| JudaZ on November 10, 2009 4:38 PM | Guest said: sounds like there
is something else crippeling your system, not the updates.
The most consistent thing I've found with the last couple of "patch days" is my anti virus software being disabled, requiring a re-install and this last group of patches "lost" my cd/dvd hardware and I still haven't been able to get it back up. Is it me or does it look like the only way Microsoft can get people to purchase "new Windows" is by crippling XP? If you lost your cd/dvd drive ...are you using iTunes by any chance? iTunes is really good at modding the registry making the cd/dvd disapear and only showing up with the good old yellow explemaition in device manger. .. can be fixed thuogh with a "reg hack" if your antivirus gets diabled, you might have a virus in the system....what AV are you using? Neve heard of an update affecting antivirus programs...unless its a major update like SP2 or SP3 |
