Microsoft makes one-time exception, patches IE on Windows XP Calls news coverage of IE vulnerability ‘overblown,’ but patches IE6, IE7 and IE8 on XP anyway Microsoft today shipped an emergency update for Internet Explorer to close a hole that hackers had already been exploiting. But in an unexpected move, Microsoft allowed Windows XP machines to receive the update,… Read More »
A New Internet Explorer Security Flaw Leaves One Quarter Of Web Browsers Vulnerable More bad news in the world of online security. posted on April 27, 2014 at 5:12pm EDT More bad news for online security, especially if you use Internet Explorer to browse the web. Last night, Microsoft announced that all versions of Internet Explorer have been… Read More »
If your machine comes up with blue screens of death (BSODs) after installing Microsoft’s ill-fated KB 2823324/MS13-036 patch, Microsoft has just made available a download that will get your system going again. The CD image is only designed to bring back PCs that absolutely cannot be booted because of KB 2823324. It does not function as a general-purpose… Read More »
Windows users are being urged to install a patch for a critical flaw in Windows’ Remote Desktop Protocol which can lead to remote code execution. Microsoft is warning Windows users the world over to apply the security patch released yesterday as soon as possible, following the discovery of a flaw in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server. Security… Read More »