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Microsoft Withdraws Mac Security Patch
News The company encouraged consumers to uninstall the patch, which is still being tested. A security update issued on Tuesday for the Mac version of Microsoft Office was posted in error, the software maker said.
[December 14, 2006, 9:13]
Internet Explorer Patch Is Flawed
News Microsoft released the MS06-042 security update on 8 August as part of its monthly patch cycle. There's more trouble with Microsoft's latest Internet Explorer (IE) patch: it introduces a serious new security flaw on some Windows systems.
[August 23, 2006, 8:45]
Microsoft Repairs Cursor Vulnerability Fix
News The bulletins, part of Microsoft's monthly patch cycle, will provide fixes for an undisclosed number of security vulnerabilities. Microsoft on Tuesday plans to push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week's emergency cursor flaw patch.
[April 10, 2007, 7:44]
Vista Gets WMF Patch
News Microsoft on Friday released what's believed to be the first security patch for Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system. The patch fixes a vulnerability in the way the operating system's
[January 18, 2006, 9:40]
Microsoft Fixes 20 Flaws With Patch Tuesday Updates
News Microsoft is now sharing the technical details of new vulnerabilities in advance of so-called 'Patch Tuesday', to give software developers a chance to update affected products before the public announcement.
[October 15, 2008, 11:01]
Microsoft Offers Patch For Unreleased Software
News Microsoft released a security patch on Monday for software that won't be available publicly until Tuesday at the company's Professional Developer Conference. The security patch has been available since Wednesday.
[October 28, 2008, 9:13]
Microsoft Smoothes Out Patch Flaws
News One of the problems, in security bulletin MS06-034, led some people to be repeatedly offered the same patch via Microsoft's update delivery tools, the software company said. The MS06-034 patch was delivered last week as part of Microsoft's monthly...
[July 20, 2006, 9:55]
Microsoft May Rush Out IE Patch
News Microsoft may offer an Internet Explorer security update before its next official Patch Tuesday. The patch is being tested now, and if it is done before Microsoft's next scheduled patch release day on 10 October, the company will release it, the...
[September 26, 2006, 9:55]
'Patch Tuesday' Proves Busy For Microsoft
News Today, Microsoft patched 23 vulnerabilities, the highest number since their monthly patch program started," Monty Ijzerman, a senior manager at McAfee's Avert Labs, said in a statement. The flaw addressed in MS06-040 is the only one in Microsoft's...
[August 9, 2006, 8:45]
Microsoft To Re-issue 'critical' Patch
News Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release a new version of a "critical" security patch for Windows to repair problems some people had with the first version of the fix. The updated patch will be made available on Microsoft's online updating service...
[April 24, 2006, 11:40]
Microsoft U-turn As WMF Patch Released Early
News Microsoft released a fix for a serious security vulnerability in Windows on Thursday, several days before the patch's scheduled delivery. The company is breaking with its monthly patch cycle because it completed testing of the security update...
[January 5, 2006, 20:35]
SP2 Trickles Down To Home PCs
News Placing SP2 to the Windows Update service is the final step in Microsoft's introduction of the security patch. Microsoft has started to send out its latest major security patch to home PCs -- but some people won't get it for a while.
[August 20, 2004, 8:25]
Microsoft Issues 'hotfix' For Patch Flaw
News Microsoft on Thursday issued a "hotfix" for a fault in a security patch designed to correct a flaw already being targeted by worms. MS06-040 was part of a dozen security patches Microsoft released earlier this month as part of its monthly patch cycle.
[August 21, 2006, 9:10]
Microsoft Leaves Word Flaws Unpatched
News As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft published four security bulletins with fixes for 10 vulnerabilities. Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, but left several known Word zero-day...
[January 10, 2007, 8:52]
IE Eolas Workaround Turned Around
News The patch will accompany the next security update for IE, scheduled for release on 11 April, Microsoft said on Wednesday. The ActiveX changes are scheduled for delivery on Microsoft's regular patch day on April 11.
[March 30, 2006, 10:15]
Microsoft Patches Serious IE Flaws
News Microsoft's patch release prompted security provider Symantec to raise its ThreatCon global threat index to Level 2, which means an outbreak is expected. The software maker released the patch in security bulletin MS05-054, as part of its monthly...
[December 14, 2005, 9:00]
No Patch Yet For 'critical' Office Flaw
News As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday six security bulletins, at least two of them deemed "critical". Microsoft has not scheduled a patch for Office. The Visual Studio update could offer a patch for a zero-day...
[December 8, 2006, 8:38]
Redesi Worm Reformats C: Drives
News A worm disguising itself as a security patch for Microsoft products will in fact reformat the victim's C: drive. Due to the recent spate of email spread computer viruses Microsoft Corp has released a security patch.
[October 18, 2001, 17:27]
IE Flaw Introduces New Form Of Infection
News An independent researcher warned that an Internet Explorer vulnerability could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect, even on computers updated with Microsoft's latest security patch. Almost 26 days before, Microsoft had issued a patch for the...
[August 23, 2004, 8:15]
Experts Unconcerned Over Microsoft Patch Delay
News Security experts are largely unconcerned about the delay to Microsoft's latest critical security patch, as they believe hackers will struggle to exploit the vulnerabilities that the patch was meant to fix.
[September 12, 2005, 15:35]
