Topic: Microsoft Races To Fix Massive Internet Explorer Hack (Read 27,876 times)
Wondering is there any way of easily checking what updates are installed? (in Win7, they show you a nice list after updating/rebooting, but I dont know how to access that)
Control Panel-->System and Security then look for View Installed Updates under the Windows Update section.
I don't understand why people keep calling this a Windows XP update. It's not. It uses the "Microsoft Update" automated update system to update a Microsoft product, namely IE. It's not an update to XP. It's an update to IE.
I don't understand why people keep calling this a Windows XP update. It's not. It uses the "Microsoft Update" automated update system to update a Microsoft product, namely IE. It's not an update to XP. It's an update to IE.
Quit clouding the issue with facts. We people of the internet do not take kindly to people who cloud.
However, KB 2964358 is rated as "important" rather than "critical," even though it would seem that the issue is more serious than "important" suggests.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.
Moreover, this update was offered to me but not checked, which usually is a sign I shouldn't be quick to install it.Mine was also unchecked.
Needless to say, I haven't yet installed it.Why would one chose to ignore a security update for anything installed?
Quit clouding the issue with facts. We people of the internet do not take kindly to people who cloud.
Heh that's just *made* for the Simpson's Homer voice!
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.However, I've found that the Microsoft report announcing this update lists it as "Critical."
Needless to say, I haven't yet installed it.
Why would one chose to ignore a security update for anything installed?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.
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.).
@cyberdiva This may be of interest. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/adobe-update-nixes-flash-player-zero-day/QuoteWindows 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.).
Being clueless (just kiddin 40) I don't know how trustworthy this is.
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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