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New Year, Old Flaws In Windows And Internet Explorer review
Reviews Among the many changes within Microsoft Windows XP SP2 is an enhanced Internet Explorer 6.0 that now displays which ActiveX Controls you're downloading whenever you visit a Web site. Non-Windows XP SP2 users don't have access to the enhanced...
[January 17, 2005, 7:45]
Internet Explorer To Shut Down Pop-ups
News Microsoft plans to add pop-up blocking features to Internet Explorer next year as part of its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP, in a move that would go a long way toward stamping out the Web advertisements.
[November 11, 2003, 9:15]
'Critical' Microsoft Patch May Crash IE
News We are running PeopleSoft for administration systems, and our Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP1 running Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 crash when they got into the PeopleSoft pages," Fred Dunn, a systems administrator at the University of Texas...
[August 16, 2006, 9:05]
Microsoft Fixes 20 Flaws With Patch Tuesday Updates
News Entitled 'Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer (956390)', this bulletin affects Internet Explorer 5.01 and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, running on all supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000, and for Internet Explorer 6...
[October 15, 2008, 11:01]
Windows XP SP2: Almost Here review
Reviews Windows XP SP2 makes improvements to Internet Explorer, too, including a long-overdue pop-up ad blocker. Seemingly every week, holes in Internet Explorer and Windows itself let new attacks through. SP2 is expected to be released (and made available...
[August 6, 2004, 9:00]
IE Flaw Introduces New Form Of Infection
News The flaw affects the latest version of Internet Explorer running on Windows XP, even after the latest major update -- known as Service Pack 2 -- is applied. An independent researcher warned that an Internet Explorer vulnerability could turn drag...
[August 23, 2004, 8:15]
Microsoft Reveals How To Avoid Forced IE7 Upgrade
News Users of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — Microsoft's software-update service for businesses — who are currently using Internet Explorer (IE) 6 will be automatically upgraded to IE7 on that date, Microsoft announced on its manageability...
[January 22, 2008, 13:23]
Explorer Hole Finally Filled
News Microsoft released on Friday a work-around for an Internet Explorer vulnerability that has left Windows users open to attacks for almost nine months. That Internet Explorer security issue and several others lead some security experts to suggest...
[July 5, 2004, 8:35]
Microsoft Patches Eight Critical Flaws
News Entitled 'Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593)', this bulletin affects all supported editions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1...
[September 10, 2008, 8:46]
Microsoft Update 'violates' Settlement
News The group also noted that to use Windows Update to retrieve the file, Microsoft's own Internet Explorer is required. The included middleware is Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger, Windows Media Player, Outlook Express and Microsoft's version of...
[September 20, 2002, 7:30]
Windows JPEG Exploit Goes Public
News The flaw affects various versions of at least a dozen Microsoft software applications and operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Office XP, Office 2003, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Project, Visio, Picture It and...
[September 23, 2004, 8:45]
Upgraders To XP SP3 Warned Over IE Downgrades
News Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.
[May 9, 2008, 17:03]
Microsoft Patches Bofra
News Microsoft published a patch for Internet Explorer on Wednesday, aiming to close a month-old hole that has been used to spread viruses and to compromise PCs via banner-ad attacks. The vulnerability, dubbed the Internet Explorer Elements flaw by...
[December 2, 2004, 7:15]
A Proactive Approach Saves Desktop Management Time
News Controlling basic settings, such as Internet Explorer connection settings, can prevent your users from accidentally changing options that will prevent Internet Explorer from working for them, thereby generating calls to your help desk.
[April 30, 2003, 14:12]
Microsoft Plugs 21 Security Holes
News They cover problems with Windows, Internet Explorer, Word, PowerPoint and Exchange Server. One is a cumulative update for the Internet Explorer component (MS06-021), affecting versions 5.01 and 6 of the Web browser.
[June 14, 2006, 9:55]
Windows PCs Threatened By JPEG-handling Flaw
News The flaw affects various versions of at least a dozen Microsoft software applications and operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Office XP, Office 2003, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1, Project, Visio, Picture It and...
[September 15, 2004, 9:00]
Unpicking Microsoft's Patchwork
Talkback The Windows Update service only provides patches for Windows and Internet Explorer / Outlook Express / Windows Media Player. So, you have to point your browser (Internet Explorer) to: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com
[July 6, 2004, 13:34]
Manufacturer Increases Productivity, Improves Security With Operating System Update
White Papers To solve its problems, Cosa took advantage of the Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 update, activating the Windows Firewall and Internet Explorer Pop-Up Blocker. Cosa Instrument Corporation implemented a comprehensive, Microsoft software-based...
[August 9, 2008, 1:16]
PhishGuard For Internet Explorer
Downloads PhishGuard works with Microsoft Internet Explorer to warn before you visit a known malicious site. PhishGuard is a FREE service that detects and rapidly disables Internet Phishing or Spoofing attacks designed to steal critical financial data.
[July 2, 2007, 3:01]
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
White Papers On the client side, with features such as the Windows Firewall, Remote Procedure Call (RPC) lockdown and a plethora of Internet Explorer security enhancements, Windows XP Service Pack 2 was considered a huge stride in host-based security, and is...
[August 6, 2008, 1:18]
