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Microsoft Races To Fix Massive Internet Explorer Hack

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Stoic Joker:
Because even grouchy network/IT types like Stoic and me can be dead wrong about the seriousness of things like this. And just because we aren't overly concerned about something doesn't mean it can't be a very serious threat. So please don't hesitate to share anything you think may be of interest here.-40hz (April 30, 2014, 11:06 AM)
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+.5 - Us wrong? Never... <fingers crossed> :D

@Crabby3 - Only reason I shredded the Forbs article -(other than being a prick because I'm not smoking)- so quickly is that I'd also been concerned about the hype surrounding the exploit and was researching the details of who exactly had found what, and what if anything could be done about it. So there is/was definite interest in the topic...it just doesn't always manifest well. :)

So like 40 said, don't hesitate to share things of interest.

40hz:
+.5 - Us wrong? Never... <fingers crossed> :D
-Stoic Joker (April 30, 2014, 12:29 PM)
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@SJ - Your is showing.  :P

Edvard:
Just for the record, I work for a government agency these days (nothing sinister, trust me), and we just got an email that Firefox will be remotely installed on our workstations and that we should avoid using Internet Explorer until Microsoft can fix the bug.  Sometime in mid-May, they said.  I don't know about the hype, but when it's bad enough to make the government change their default browser almost overnight, it's bad enough.
http://www.neowin.net/news/us-homeland-security-recommends-not-using-ie-until-microsoft-releases-patch

mwb1100:
The patch appears to be out:

 - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-021

Also, MS *is* providing patches for IE 6, 7 and 8 on WinXP SP3.

crabby3:
The patch appears to be out:

 - https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms14-021

Also, MS *is* providing patches for IE 6, 7 and 8 on WinXP SP3.
-mwb1100 (May 01, 2014, 03:39 PM)
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Thanks for the link mwb1100.  According to this site, if you have auto-update set, the patch will be downloaded/installed like any other update.

I do have auto-update set but I manually *checked for updates* so I could get the required restart out of the way.  ;D

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