Security Alert

[Lewis]

Microsoft to issue 12 patches for security flaws Tuesday June 13th 2006

Fri Jun 9, 2006 4:05 PM ET



SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. plans to issue a dozen security alerts on Tuesday -- some carrying the highest risk rating of critical -- as part of a monthly security update to fix flaws in its software.

Nine of the patches relate to its Windows operating system, two address problems in its Microsoft Office productivity software and the other is for the company's Exchange e-mail server software, Microsoft said on its Web site.

Microsoft, which makes the Windows operating system that runs on 90 percent of the world's computers, will issue patches to fix the problems as part of its monthly security bulletin.

The world's biggest software maker defines a flaw as "critical" when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine.

Microsoft's Exchange software allows users to send and receive e-mail along with other forms of communication through computer networks.

The company has been working for more than three years to improve the security and reliability of its software as more and more malicious software targets weaknesses in Windows and other Microsoft software programs.

Microsoft makes the patches available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/security

 

[Skipdawg]

WOW! there were quite a few of them for XP Pro and Home this time.
I sure hope Vista is not so much a patchware OS as the previous Windows OS's :roll:

 

[Lewis]

WOW! there were quite a few of them for XP Pro and Home this time.
I sure hope Vista is not so much a patchware OS as the previous Windows OS's :roll:

I try to use Mozilla as much as possible, Microsoft has a lot of holes in it. The thing is when you use Microsoft's Internet Explorer you better run some anti spyware, and have some virus protection. If you will notice mostly all of your computer envasion comes in through Internet Explorer. I do use it for my e-mail but that is about it.

 

[Vic C.]

To add insult to injury, they just released IE 7 beta... hope you all like Swiss cheese! :-D

Me, I will stick to using Firefox... and IE 6 for trusted sites. I really dig all the plug-ins and add-ons for Firefox. :-D :-D One of the better ones is the IE tab option. cool 8-)