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Windows Media Player Flaw Could Expose Sensitive Files
News Apply the patch released by Microsoft. This ActiveX flaw is found in Media Player 9, but not in earlier versions of the software, including version 8.0, which ships with Windows XP. Media Player 9 ships with Windows Server 2003, but it can be...
[July 8, 2003, 15:46]
Wallon Virus Wrecks Windows Media Player
News Stuart Okin, chief security officer at Microsoft UK, said anyone worried about Wallon should install Microsoft's MS04-13 patch, which was released in mid-April and solves the problem. A new mass-mailing virus called Wallon, which destroys Windows...
[May 12, 2004, 16:50]
Microsoft Admits Media Player Update Bugs
News One is the latest security fix for Windows Media Player, a "critical" patch released last month. In addition to the possible trouble with Windows Media Player, Microsoft on Wednesday said a patch it released February last year might cause trouble...
[March 9, 2006, 8:00]
Apple, RealNetworks Patch Media Player Flaws
News On Tuesday, RealNetworks advised users of its RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 and RealOne Player software to use the "Check for Updates" feature to download the latest patch. Apple and RealNetworks have both issued fixes for their Windows software...
[October 29, 2004, 8:29]
Exploit Code Out For Windows Flaw
News Two examples of computer code that exploit a flaw in Windows Media Player have become available only days after Microsoft released a patch to fix the bug. Microsoft, when it released its patch on Tuesday, as ever urged users to upgrade their...
[February 17, 2006, 8:45]
Microsoft Warns Of New Server Vulnerabilities
News The software company also issued a corrected version of last month's cumulative patch for Windows Media Player, which left out some bug fixes, although it said that this mistake did not reduce the effectiveness of the original patch.
[July 25, 2002, 16:17]
Lowdown On Latest MS Security Bulletin
News MS02-032 -- Cumulative Patch for Windows Media Player But if you relied on the "cumulative" label on the initial release of MS02-032 and applied only that patch, all of the Media Player vulnerabilities covered by MS01-052 have not been fixed.
[August 6, 2002, 13:50]
Music File Flaws Could Threaten Traders
News The patch for Windows XP is available through Microsoft's Windows Update service. Kurtz said that the company has notified NullSoft and has a patch prepared. The vulnerability does not affect the Windows Media Player, according to details posted by...
[December 19, 2002, 7:51]
Hole Found In Windows Media Player "skins"
News Obviously Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer are widely deployed applications.so we should be encouraging people to upgrade once Microsoft releases a patch for it. Once we've thoroughly investigated it and figured out various permeations...
[January 17, 2001, 9:51]
IE Privacy Flaw Still Causing Leaks
News A Microsoft representative said the company issued a patch for the problem in May, allowing people to change Windows Media Player's default settings. Last month, Microsoft urged people to apply a patch for a severe security hole found in Windows XP...
[January 16, 2002, 10:47]
Get The Details On Microsoft's June Security Bulletins
News Install this update after you've installed the MS06-021 patch. However, the software giant's Patch Tuesday overshadowed this momentous news — at least for those of us in the security world, who spent our time updating Microsoft programs.
[June 20, 2006, 12:45]
Microsoft Plugs 21 Security Holes
News The company sent out a dozen security bulletins on Tuesday as part of its regular monthly patch cycle. Qualys is also suggesting that IT managers should jump on another patch, for an issue in Microsoft Exchange Server running Outlook Web Access...
[June 14, 2006, 9:55]
Microsoft's February Security Bulletins
News MS06-004 is a cumulative browser patch that only applies to Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4, which is part of Windows 2000 SP4. If so, it really is time to upgrade - not just install the MS06-004 patch. The software giant released seven security...
[February 21, 2006, 13:30]
Microsoft Stomps On Media Player Bug
News The company rates the problems as "critical" -- Microsoft's most severe rating -- and urges people to "immediately" download a patch, which was released on Wednesday. The company said the patch would also fix previous problems with the software.
[June 28, 2002, 8:54]
Microsoft Does DRM Flaw U-turn
News Last week, Microsoft declared Windows Media Player's method of handling DRM licences wasn't a security flaw, and said they wouldn't be issuing a patch. Microsoft is sticking to its guns and maintaining that the fact that an anti-piracy feature can...
[January 21, 2005, 8:25]
HFNetChk.exe
Downloads You can use HFNetChk to assess patch status for the Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT Terminal Server, Windows 2000, Windows XP operating systems, as well as hotfixes and service packs for IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0, SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000 (including MSDE...
[December 10, 2002, 3:35]
Microsoft Patches Eight Critical Flaws
News There is no cumulative patch for Internet Explorer this month. The four bulletins concern Windows GDI+, Windows Media Player and Microsoft Office OneNote. Entitled 'Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954154...
[September 10, 2008, 8:46]
Comdex '99: Microsoft Trumpets MP3 Alternative
News The player has had a BIOS patch to support the format and incorporates Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. In more good news for Microsoft, a new report from technology research firm PC Data Online shows that...
[November 17, 1999, 9:01]
BBC IPlayer Launch On, Despite Crack
News Microsoft hastily patched Windows Media Player against it, but Viodentia, the anonymous distributor of the utility, cracked Microsoft's patch. The launch of the BBC's new media player will not be delayed by a new crack for the digital rights...
[July 17, 2007, 13:48]
No Microsoft Patches In March
News And following its monthly patch release last month, Microsoft issued an update to fix a flaw in its copy-protection technology in Windows Media Player. The patch addressed vulnerabilities that could allow people to remove copy protection from...
[March 7, 2005, 12:05]
