6 More Patches on Tuesday

[Paul K]

Microsoft

On 14 November 2006 Microsoft is planning to release:

Security Updates

• One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft XML Core Services. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Critical. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. These updates will require a restart.

• Five 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 and the Enterprise Scan Tool. Some of these updates will 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).

NOTE: Microsoft Software Update Services (SUS) is slated for retirement on 6 December 2006. The November 2006 Monthly Bulletin release is the last Monthly Bulletin release that will be supported by SUS.

Don't know if a heads up was posted yet.

[DocDutch]

Hmmm not a long list...just wonder when we are going to be forced on using IE 7.0

[v0id]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

Hmmm not a long list...just wonder when we are going to be forced on using IE 7.0

IE7 is already a critical update, but as with any update you can "hide" it so it doesn't bug you to install it

On a side note, what' happened to the WGA tool, has it been scrapped.
I went to Windows Update after a fresh install, and couldn't find it to hide (even read through all the updates it wanted to install, to see if it had been hidden in the Microsoft garble)

[DocDutch]

void afaik the WGA has already been applied to you when you went to the mickeysoft update site. it installed as soon as you went to install the "new" Windows update clients.

[v0id]

Originally Posted by DocDutch

void afaik the WGA has already been applied to you when you went to the mickeysoft update site. it installed as soon as you went to install the "new" Windows update clients.

I'm not talking about the validation tool, I mean the WGA tool, that places an icon in the system tray which calls home

[Druchii]

Looks like my uptime of 12 days by then will be gone... Why oh why do they need a restart to get things working... I've never seen Linux doing that tbh...

Ah well.

[DocDutch]

Void this is something I found on a forum I use

Nifty little program that will do a few things to help XP users & close a few security holes as well as dealing with Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA).

http://xpy.whyeye.org/about/