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10.02.2010
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Microsoft February Patch Tuesday included 13 bulletins - five rated Critical, seven rated Important, and one rated Moderate - addressing 26 vulnerabilities. The huge bumper Patch Tuesday includes a fix for a 17 year old Windows vulnerability. Eleven of the bulletins affect Windows and the remaining two affect Office. The Office vulnerabilities only affect older versions of Office. Office 2007 and Office 2008 for Mac are unaffected. Microsoft also confirmed it did not issue a patch for a new flaw discovered in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 recently. Jerry Bryant, Sr. Security Communications Manager at Microsoft stated "We do not have an update for this issue planned for the normal February bulletin release. However, this vulnerability only affects versions of windows older than Vista in their default configuration." The new vulnerability affects IE 5.01 and IE 6 on Windows 2000, IE 6 on Windows 2000 SP4 and IE6, IE7 and IE8 on Windows XP and Windows 2003. IE7 and 8 on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 are only affected if a user opts to disable protected mode or, in the case of Windows Server 2003 and 2008, is not running IE in Enhanced Security Configurations.Microsoft also took the time to remind customers about Windows versions that are reaching the end of their product lifecycle:  - Windows XP Service Pack 2 will no longer be supported as of July 13, 2010. Microsoft recommends upgrading to Service Pack 3 or to Windows 7 as soon as possible.
- Windows Vista RTM will no longer be supported as of April 13, 2010. Service Pack 1 will still be supported until July 12, 2011 but Microsoft recommends customers update to Service Pack 2 or Windows 7.
- Extended support for Windows 2000 will also be retired on July 13, 2010. At that time, Microsoft will no longer provide security or any other updates for Windows 2000.
Note: Windows 7 security updates appear to be very light indeed - for now at least! Make sure you have Windows Automatic Updates set to 'ON'. - Click 'Start'
- Click 'Settings'
- Click 'Control Panel'
- Click 'Security Center'
- Finally click on 'Windows Automatic Updates' and set to 'ON'.
Alternatively, if you want to update right now: - Open Internet Explorer
- Go to the Tools menu and select "Windows Update'
The patch can also be downloaded directly from: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms10-feb.mspx TIP: If you do NOT have a Windows Genuine Version we suggest you be aware that Microsoft is now including a notification tool (Windows Genuine Advantage - WGA) in all it's security updates. Click here to find out more. Finally, the usual monthly update will also be put out for the Malicious Software Removal Tool and the Windows Mail Junk Filter. Source: ID Theft Protect Search Related News: microsoft, windows, security, patch |
