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Entity101
07-13-2004, 07:55 PM
http://www.windowsupdate.com

SillyRumours
07-13-2004, 08:35 PM
thanks, i've stopped bothering to check recently :(

DanB
07-13-2004, 10:43 PM
Read it and weep people <_<


New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities
Internet Explorer
Technology/IT
Security
The Internet
Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 13, @11:45AM
from the are-you-ready-for-fun-and-excitement dept.
TopherTG writes "Buckle your seat belts folks. On what is looking to be the next Black Tuesday, with rumors of 9 new Windows security patches being released, Secunia is reporting on 4 new vulnerabilities in IE that allow for arbitrary code execution and placing content over other windows. Combined with the new Windows patches, it is likely more Download.Ject and Sasser like viruses will be emerging in the coming months."

Source (http://slashdot.org/articles/04/07/13/1531240.shtml?tid=113&tid=126&tid=172&tid=95)


Do a windows update and see the proof for yourself :o

Chewie
07-13-2004, 11:04 PM
Originally posted by SillyRumours@13 July 2004 - 20:43
thanks, i&#39;ve stopped bothering to check recently :(
I never check, as AutoUpdate does a fine enough job for me.

iMartin
07-13-2004, 11:11 PM
He&#39;s right&#33; :o
Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1 (KB823353)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB840315)
Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB841873)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB839645)

pol
07-13-2004, 11:16 PM
merged the 2 threads

DanB
07-14-2004, 12:43 PM
Originally posted by [&#045;Crono&#045;]@14 July 2004 - 00:19
He&#39;s right&#33; :o Cumulative Security Update for Outlook Express 6 SP1 (KB823353)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB840315)
Update for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 2.0 and WinHTTP 5.1 (KB842773)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB841873)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB839645)

I wouldn&#39;t lie :P