Upcoming Microsoft patches focus on media formats
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft will issue seven security updates next Tuesday, including critical sets of patches for Windows and Internet Explorer.
The three critical updates are all for Windows components, Microsoft said in a note on the upcoming release. These components include Internet Explorer, the DirectX and DirectShow graphics software, and the Windows Media Format Runtime, which is used by Windows Media Player.
The media flaws could be quickly exploited by attackers, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations with nCircle Proactive Network Security. "With the Media Format and the Direct X update, we're looking at more ways for attackers to target rich Internet multimedia formats," he said via instant message. "The likelihood of getting someone to watch a tantalizing movie is much higher than opening an attachment."
Microsoft has said that it will fix a flaw in the way certain configurations of the Windows operating system look up DNS information, telling them how to connect with other computers on the Internet. Because of a flaw in the way Windows works, some visitors could be misdirected to inappropriate servers looking for this information, making them vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack, Microsoft says.
The other four updates set for Tuesday are all rated "important" by Microsoft, meaning that they require some level of user interaction in order to be exploited. These four updates are all Windows-related. Two of them are for Vista, and two of them are for Microsoft's other operating systems.
December will be a much busier month for system administrators than November was. Last month, Microsoft released just two updates.
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infoworld.com
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Comments(2)
wrong. novembre was very busy with admins,
many as well as home user, uninstalled
kb943460 as it is a buggy patch. it reverted foreign language mui to english, it brought
problems to exchange servers and some applications.
just google "kb943460
problems"
kb943460 on windows 2003 rc2 sp2. 1gig ram.
drive to drive copy speed dropped by a
factor of 10. e.g 1gig file 2 minutes, became 20 minutes - no kidding. my jaw dropped.
system cache climbed to full memory leaving maybe 4mbytes free. windows server was on
its knees. no response to mouse or keyboard - or at least a 1 to 2 minute delay (not
surprising with 4 mbytes free!)
had just done monthly run of updates.
other reports say icons missing, lan copy slow, and miscellaneous bad interactions with
databases and other software causing slow operation.
solution. i uninstalled
kb94360. copy speed back to 500 megs a minute.
if you are experiencing
slowdowns:
1) check the date of installation of 94360 in the control panel.
2)reboot. make a big disk to disk or disk to lan copy whilst running task manager. watch
the system cache value under the "performance" tab of task manager. if it gradually
drops, and drops, and drops...bingo! uninstall balmer's xmas present and it should be
fine
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December will be a much busier month.....
By ilev on 08.12.2007 - 08:12