Office, Windows, .Net fixes slated for Patch Tuesday
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Eleven fixes for Windows, Office and even the .Net framework will make Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday collection, due on the 10th, a bumper crop.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, including three critical updates for Windows and Excel users. The critical updates will fix bugs in many different versions of Microsoft's products, including the latest versions of Excel, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft said Thursday in a note on its Web site. Online criminals have used flaws in Excel and other Microsoft Office products in limited attacks over the past year. Typically, the attacker will e-mail the victim a maliciously encoded Office attachment. If the document is opened, the hacker can then gain access to the victim's computer. Microsoft isn't releasing further details on the flaws it's fixing until Tuesday, but it rates an update critical if it fixes a vulnerability that could be used by a hacker to remotely install unauthorized software on a victim's computer. Three other less-critical updates are also planned for next week's "Patch Tuesday" security fixes. They include "important" updates for Microsoft Publisher 2007 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 as well as a fix for Windows Vista. In descending order of severity, Microsoft rates updates as critical, important, moderate, or low.
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released several security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office software, and rereleased two previous patches.
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As expected, Microsoft has pushed out patches for four vulnerabilities in Windows, Visual Studio and the MSN and Windows Live Messenger software.
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Biggest Patch Tuesday in months will include fixes for Windows, Windows Media Player, and Office, among others.
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Eleven security updates are released today that fix a number of critical flaws in Microsoft products, including Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer.
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(InfoWorld) - Microsoft is not planning to release any security updates on Tuesday, one of only a handful of times the company won't have security patches available since its monthly security updates began in 2003, Microsoft said Thursday. Microsoft is currently working on patches for known vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007's Publisher 2007, and the Windows Vista OS, but they are not ready for release at the moment, said a spokesman from Microsoft's public relations firm Thursday. The last time Microsoft had no security updates on "Patch Tuesday" was September 2005, he said. Patch Tuesday is the name researchers use for Microsoft's monthly updates, which come on the second Tuesday of the month. Though there will be no security updates, Microsoft will release two nonsecurity high-priority updates for Windows Update and Software Update Services and four nonsecurity, high-priority updates on Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services. Microsoft also will release an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on Windows Update, Microsoft Update, Windows Server Update Services, and the Download Center. The tool will not be distributed using Software Update Services. More information can be found on the Web site for Microsoft security updates. Because there are no security updates for March, the company will not hold its usual news conference next Wednesday.
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Forget the Monday morning blues. For Windows administrators, the second Tuesday of the month has become the day to dread. That&#39;s the day when Microsoft releases its monthly package of patches.
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Microsoft Corp.  released on Tuesday a patch for its latest "critical" rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs.
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Software giant plans to issues fixes next week for vulnerabilities in its Windows Mail, Internet Explorer and Windows XP.
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"Patch Tuesday," when Microsoft Corp. releases repairs for problems in its software, came and went this week with six critical fixes &#151; including the first one that touches Vista, the new operating system billed as the most secure Windows version yet.
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A stitch in time... Microsoft this week pushed out a patch to resolve a flaw in its patching system.â¦
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Blog: Microsoft revises one of its critical security bulletins from patch Tuesday, now including a fix for Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac.
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Lots of fireworks Microsoft plans to release 12 patches next Tuesday (13 February) as part of its regular monthly security update cycle.â¦
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The software giant says it will release five sets of security patches next Tuesday, including a critical update for users of Windows 2000.
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In sharp contrast to last month&#39;s barrage of critical patches, Microsoft has offered up just one &quot;important&quot; fix for users to implement in its scheduled round of security updates for November.
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DecemberÃ¢ÂÂs Patch Tuesday finds Vista in the bad guysÃ¢ÂÂ sights. Plus: Get Office 2007 SP1, get your fix for Flash, and avoid an HP laptop disaster.