Microsoft's upcoming Patch Tuesday will fix 64 flaws

User Comments: 16

1. April 8, 2011 9:19 AM
   

   ddg4005 said:

   That's a lot of patches!

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2. April 8, 2011 9:24 AM
   

   Raswan said:

   Knowing nothing about browsers except that I abandoned IE years ago and recently switched from FF to Chrome, why is it we only read stories about constant IE (and FF, but to a lesser extent) patches fixing security flaws. Haven't seen a story about google releasing critical patches for chrome at all. Is it that the latter is so much better developed, or that IE is just used by so many more people that MS runs into problems no one else has to worry about?

   Anyone?

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3. April 8, 2011 9:59 AM
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   Rick, TechSpot Staff, said:

   Raswan said:

   Haven't seen a story about google releasing critical patches for chrome at all. I

   Major browsers fall on day one of Pwn2Own, Chrome survives [link]

   "contestants will have a chance to win Google's $20,000 prize along with the CR-48 running ChromeOS by hacking the company's Chrome browser"... "Event organizer ZDI will offer $10,000 for escaping the sandbox using non-Google code and Google will grant $10,000 for finding a bug in Chrome. "

   But no one even tried -- that probably says something. IE, Safari and Firefox were compromised on the first day.

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4. April 8, 2011 10:08 AM
   Guest said:

   The reason no one tried Chrome is because Google released a patch right before PWN2OWN. That makes it difficult to roll into PWN2OWN and exploit something known when it was just patched. Now they need to spend the time to find the next security patch.

   Also, I think Chrome's silent update helps a lot with the issue. I don't know why all browsers don't use a silent update to constantly roll out patches and fixes.

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5. April 8, 2011 10:09 AM
   Guest said:

   Now they need to spend the time to find the next security expoit**.

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6. April 8, 2011 10:36 AM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   @Ras & Rick

   Here is one link for critical update and second on here with regard to chrome.

   As someone else already mentioned they update it (rather frequently); infact some time I wonder if they are updating (read newer version) just for the sake of 'silently' patching discovered holes.

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7. April 8, 2011 11:17 AM
   

   yRaz said:

   They're putting the bandaid on wrong in the picture. I wonder if that will reflect the quality of the update

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8. April 8, 2011 2:04 PM
   

   Raswan said:

   yRaz said:

   They're putting the bandaid on wrong in the picture. I wonder if that will reflect the quality of the update

   haha. good one.

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9. April 8, 2011 2:24 PM
   lipe123 said:

   yRaz said:

   They're putting the bandaid on wrong in the picture. I wonder if that will reflect the quality of the update

   Lmao dude, well spotted!

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10. April 8, 2011 3:34 PM
    

    captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

    The reason no one tried Chrome is because Google released a patch right before PWN2OWN. That makes it difficult to roll into PWN2OWN and exploit something known when it was just patched. Now they need to spend the time to find the next security patch.

    Which is great, but only if you discount that fact that "Chrome" is factory compromised by Google itself. You know, the whole "spyware masquerading as a web browser" legend.

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11. April 8, 2011 4:04 PM
    beast1944 said:

    Wow, finally microsoft is doing something right )))

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12. April 8, 2011 5:10 PM
    Guest said:

    Glad i use Linux

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13. April 8, 2011 7:09 PM
    

    spydercanopus said:

    Sweet. An excuse to sell some hours to my clients.

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14. April 9, 2011 1:31 AM
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    Rick, TechSpot Staff, said:

    The reason no one tried Chrome is because Google released a patch right before PWN2OWN.

    So did Microsoft.. And Apple... and Mozilla...

    It happens year after year too. I think that DOES mean something, especially since Google offers more incentive than any competitors.

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15. April 9, 2011 6:36 AM
    fpsgamerJR62 said:

    Another month, another Patch Tuesday and a big one too. At least IE 9 doesn't need to get patched and that is something new .

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16. April 15, 2011 12:09 PM
    

    T77 said:

    I got 26 of them.....:p

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