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Microsoft Races To Fix Massive Internet Explorer Hack
crabby3:
Quit clouding the issue with facts. We people of the internet do not take kindly to people who cloud. ;)
-Innuendo (May 02, 2014, 09:59 PM)
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Heh that's just *made* for the Simpson's Homer voice!
:)
-TaoPhoenix (May 03, 2014, 08:20 AM)
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cyberdiva:
Vista is my poison and the update was listed as 'important' as well. Though I don't recall ever seeing one labled 'critical'. Just Important and Recommended.-crabby3 (May 03, 2014, 08:28 AM)
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However, I've found that the Microsoft report announcing this update lists it as "Critical."
Needless to say, I haven't yet installed it. :huh:
-cyberdiva (May 02, 2014, 08:54 AM)
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Why would one chose to ignore a security update for anything installed? :huh:
-crabby3
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Because a number of times in the past, I've had updates that Microsoft has listed but not checked, and most of the time, it turned out there was a problem with that update, so I was glad I hadn't installed it.
crabby3:
@cyberdiva This may be of interest. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/adobe-update-nixes-flash-player-zero-day/
Windows users who browse the Web with anything other than Internet Explorer will need to apply this patch twice, once with IE and again using the alternative browser (Firefox, Opera, e.g.).
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Being clueless (just kiddin 40) I don't know how trustworthy this is.
Stoic Joker:
@cyberdiva This may be of interest. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/adobe-update-nixes-flash-player-zero-day/
Windows users who browse the Web with anything other than Internet Explorer will need to apply this patch twice, once with IE and again using the alternative browser (Firefox, Opera, e.g.).
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Being clueless (just kiddin 40) I don't know how trustworthy this is.
-crabby3 (May 03, 2014, 10:20 AM)
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I'd have to go with yes on that one as browser plug-in updates are a case by case per-browser thing.
cyberdiva:
It's true that updating Flash requires applying one update for IE and a separate update for other browsers. However, the update that I thought we were talking about was not Flash but an update for a problem that only affected Internet Explorer. That's why many people were advising using a browser other than IE until the problem was fixed in IE.
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