Windows Updates - October 2006

[ntl customer]

It's that time of the month again ...

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Title: Microsoft Security Bulletin Advanced Notification
Issued: October 05, 2006
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Summary
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On 10 October 2006 Microsoft is planning to release:

Security Updates

. Six Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows.
The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. Some of these updates will require a restart.

. Four Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Office.
The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. These updates may require a restart.


. One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft .NET
Framework. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Moderate.
These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. These updates may require a restart.


Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

. Microsoft 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.
Note that this tool will NOT be distributed using Software Update Services (SUS).

Non-security High Priority updates on MU, WU, WSUS and SUS

. Microsoft will release No NON-SECURITY High-Priority Updates
for Windows on Windows Update (WU) and Software Update Services (SUS).

. Microsoft will release two NON-SECURITY High-Priority Updates
on Microsoft Update (MU) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).

Although we do not anticipate any changes, the number of bulletins, products affected, restart information and severities are subject to change until released.

Microsoft will host a webcast next week to address customer questions on these bulletins. For more information on this webcast please see below:
. TechNet Webcast: Information about Microsoft's Security
Bulletins
. Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/We...aspx?EventID=1
032308775&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

At this time no additional information on these bulletins such as details regarding severity or details regarding the vulnerability will be made available until 10 October 2006.
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[jrhnewark]

Oh, bloody hell, not again!

It only seems like a few days since the last ones by the time we get all the machines updated. How on earth can everything still be so unsecure near five years since the release of XP?

[Druchii]

Pretty much an average month of patching then

[nffc]

Originally Posted by jrhnewark

Oh, bloody hell, not again!

It only seems like a few days since the last ones by the time we get all the machines updated. How on earth can everything still be so unsecure near five years since the release of XP?

Because people still keep trying to hack it. Believe it or not, Windows is an absolutely massive program!

And it's normally a month between patches as they're rolled out 2nd Tuesday. But the IE fix was released out of cycle...

Plus it is possible some of the six patches are NOT for XP but other versions, possibly 2000, 2003, etc?

[Gareth]

Originally Posted by jrhnewark

Oh, bloody hell, not again!

It only seems like a few days since the last ones by the time we get all the machines updated. How on earth can everything still be so unsecure near five years since the release of XP?

Shh, don't complain, it keeps lots of us in jobs

Keep up the bad work, Microsoft