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Microsoft will fix 64 flaws with April Patch Tuesday
SOFTWARE BUG FACTORY Microsoft is gearing up to patch a massive 64 security holes in its software next week.
Next Tuesday it will release 17 patches, with nine rated critical and eight rated important. It will be one of the biggest of Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday updates in a while, fixing vulnerabilities across Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, the .NET framework and GDI+.
This month's flurry of patches will fix a Windows MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML (MHTML) vulnerability that Microsoft warned about at the end of February.
Later in March the Redmond, Washington hive found that the vulnerability was being targeted with limited attacks, which can result in system damage similar to what happens in a server-side cross-site-scripting (XSS) attack.
It will also fix an SMB browser vulnerability that Microsoft found out about in February. It said that although this flaw could theoretically result in remote code execution, it was unlikely to happen and indeed, so far, there has been no evidence of attacks.
There isn't any word about whether the patches will fix bugs in Internet Explorer found by security researchers during this year's Pwn2own hacking contest, although one might have assumed that would be a priority. µ
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Funny how i use IE on 64 bit windows and i've never been hacked O.o
I guess if there's a single security hole immediately everyone is gonna get hacked haha
PS. FYI i hae no problems with other OS's and browsers. It's all preference. I stuck to what i know :)
OMFG how dare you suggest the truth, this is outrageous, anybody not in line with corporate america and its glorious flawless microsoft is a foul traitor.
-On behalf of Bob and Dave and John and Tim and all others who visit the inq and think it's some US christian corporate site devoid of any humor, and even when repeatedly seeing it is not keep visiting and being 'outraged'.
The author is most likely a Apple lover. So, OSX never needs a update? It was last month that a major security patch came out for iTunes (57 major security fixes! 1 Application!)
Absolutely phenomenal execution of baiting and trolling. For a moment, I actually thought I was reading an informative article written by someone who desires to actually report. Instead, either due to your own ignorance or your desire to bait/troll, you end up with an opinion piece.
So, here's a two second, dime store psychological breakdown. It would seem readily apparent you feel as if you've never had any real effect on anything and suffer from serious inadequacy issues. Taking unnecessary pot-shots at things/others is quite normal for those feelings of inadequacy. Let's delve a bit deeper then, shall we? How do you feel about your mother? Is your need to lash out at others more successful than yourself based on some Oedipus complex? Were you breastfed as a child?
Interesting to note, none of what I just wrote has anything to do with your article -- quite similar to the final comment in your article. If your preference is to be a reporter, then report. If you'd like to write puff-piece opinion, get some real-world experience and don't intentionally write to inflame/sensationalize. Write to inform and promote productive discussions. FYI, you've just added theinquirer.net to the list of sites I no longer visit. Cheers!
I use Ubuntu except for one computer for netflix. Linux has updates, but it is far more secure than MS. Plus faster and more stable. I plain don't like MS and despise having to pay for it when I buy a computer.
And while I build my desktops and can escape the MS tax not so with laptops. I keep hoping MS will actually get better but I know it won't. Sad because most people don't have a clue how vulnerable they really are.
"Slipshod? You obviously are an Apple cult member."
You obviously love to trash anything Apple. Even to the extent of inventing "cult members". Good for you.
Very slipshod article.
well here we have an english language degree journo who thinks he knows about software engineering...
wonder if this is deliberately provocative to bump up your hit count, hey you'll be able to put that on your linkedin profile too...
me i'm sick of how non tech people get to put forth on subjects they have absolutely no clue about all in the name of furthering their own position
I run linux exclusively at home and my business but I still found your comment about Microsoft ridiculous and ignorant.
Unless I am dreaming I get several application, kernel and security patches on my linux boxes every week. I also have issues at times.
Linux, as much as I love it, is far from perfect, and Windows 95 / me is old history. I wish people from both sides would simply state the technical facts and get off their radical political horse.
Obviously we have a MS hater here with a biased comment like slipshod. I wonder if the writer has the knowledge to even judge whether programming is "slipshod". Of course, no mention that Safari on OSX and Iphone 4 was hacked as well. Unbalanced opinions are really unprofessional and slipshod as well.
When your software accomplishes what Microsoft does there will always be malicious attacks both by hackers and jealous writers trying to seem better. Microsoft should be given applause for its work.
Slipshod? You obviously are an Apple cult member
"slipshod design and coding practices"
love the word slipshod, haven't seen that in a while. good job.