[ad#ad2-right]This is the update to fix the IE Vulnerability and if you have any questions please make sure to check my other post about this little update. This was sent out today and should be patch ASAP, on all systems. If you want to patch the easy way, I suggest downloading Clone to Autopatcher. This seems to help make an ISO file on a DVD so you don’t have to update a system the old way.
According to McAfee and I will quote:
December 16, 2008: Microsoft has announced an out-of-cycle patch release for a critical, remote-code-execution, vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer (CVE-2008-4844). The patch, to be released on December 17, will address the vulnerability across multiple versions on Internet Explorer running on supported Windows platforms.
[via McAfee Threat Center]
[ad#ad2-right]From what I am understanding it will be KB961051 and will be a critical update on all Windows platforms. Microsoft issued a security advisory for this on there Technet support website. This will probably be put online sometime tomorrow and will be available to download after 10am PST although this is just a rumor because when I go to that article they talk about the work around and how to fix it temporary until they release the patch. This is releated to the IE Vulnerability that is in the wild and has been causing havok on the internet.
Netsky.Q is a worm that spreads through e-mail. It is distributed as a 28,008 byte Win32 executable, compressed with PEtite, which drops a 23,040 byte DLL file. It also distributes itself inside ZIP archives.
I saw this on on the net and through we should talk about and let people know how you could get that the worm off your computer. It seems to be a self-replicating worm, it will continue to send out fake messages to people with the subject lines Like:
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And with each message there is the reciepts email address at the end. This worm seems to be spreading like wildfire today. It is because people have not install
[ad#ad2-right]Now how do you get rid of it. It seems that most of Anti-Virus software would get it done. All you would need to do is scan for this virus with the latest updated virus databases and will go away. According E-Trust Anti-Virus they say they can remove it. This is a really old virus, according to my sources this was first seen in 2004. In order to prevent this in the future I’d suggest installing a free anti-virus and using it. This is one smart little worm according to CA IT.
If you have quite a few Desktops in your Office and want to update all of them to the newest patch all in one swoop, I’d suggest downloading Clone of Autopatcher and making an ISO image so you can go around to each computer and install the patches quickly and easily. Prevent yourself from getting that virus and some others in the future. This is a friendly tip for all those hard working IT workers.
I just read this on several blogs and thought I’d share the details with you, it seems that Microsoft didn’t know there was a problem with this Bug/Vulnerability. Computer world has a great article and says this:
[ad#ad2-right]“The updates Microsoft released yesterday do not address this possible vulnerability,” a Microsoft spokesman said today in an e-mail reply to questions, “but I can tell you that Microsoft is investigating these new public claims of a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer.”
[Via ComputerWorld]
I can only hope that Microsoft fixes this Vulnerability soon, I would take a guess that they will try to get this out on the patch cycle if not they will push it out after. Some things to remember with IE(Internet Explorer) is only use it with Microsoft Updates. I also Suggest downloading FireFox and checking out my Anti-virus and Anti-Spyrware Page for ways to prevent from getting a virus.
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In the Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft quietly released the patch to fix Windows Vista machine shut problems. This patch should of came sooner.
Update for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Install this update to resolve a set of known application compatibility issues with Windows Server 2008. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
This was not a critical update and it seems to resolve so many issues with compatibility. One thing it seemed to fix on my system has been the shutdown time. It is now quite fast, it would normally take me 2 to 3 mins to shutdown, now it does it in less than a Minute. So if you’ve not installed this update please install it soon. I would like to know if people are seeing the same thing I am. I’ve found a great resource on fixing it if you are still having problem, it talks about how to check your system performance. Although this is been doing it lately with these programs not loaded or even running, they still seem to cause problems so now I get the feeling it has to do with legacy programs. This should fix most of the problem with older programs.
